Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent.

Ce qu’on ne peut dire et ce qu’on ne peut taire, la musique l’exprime.

Victor Hugo

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Topic

Limits of language

Author

Victor Hugo

Source

William Shakespeare

Language

French

Time

1864 1860s 19th century

Occupation

Novelist Poet Writer

From

France Europe

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Citation

Hugo, Victor. William Shakespeare. Paris: Lacroix & Verboeckhoven & Cie, 1864, pt. 1, bk. 2, ch. 4.

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A man who has nothing which he is willing to fight for...is a miserable creature, who has no chance of being free.

John Stuart Mill

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Topic
Willingness to fight Self-sacrifice Cowardice Freedom

Author

John Stuart Mill
Source
The Contest in America Fraser's Magazine
Medium
Essay
Genre
Philosophical literature Political literature
Language
English
Time
1862 1860s 19th century
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Original Citation

Mill, John Stuart. "The Contest in America." Fraser's Magazine, Feb. 1862.

Current Citation

Mill, John Stuart. "The Contest in America." Essays on Equality, Law and Education. Collected Works of John Stuart Mill, edited by John M. Robson. Vol. 21, Routledge, 2014.

Another quote from 1864

Taste...Is the only morality...Tell me what you like, and I'll tell you what you are.

John Ruskin

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Taste
Speaker
John Ruskin
Medium
Lecture
Language
English
Time
1864 1860s 19th century
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Original Citation

Ruskin, John. "Traffic." c. 1864, Town Hall, Bradford, England, UK. Lecture.

Current Citation

Ruskin, John. Traffic. Penguin UK, 2015.

Another quote originally in French

Religious insanity is very common in the United States.

Alexis de Tocqueville

Democracy in America

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Religion in America America

Author

Alexis de Tocqueville
Source
Democracy in America
Genre
Political literature
Language
French
Time
1840 1840s 19th century
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Tocqueville, Alexis De. De La Democratie en Amerique [Democracy in America]. Vol. 2, London: Saunders and Otley, 1840, sect. 2, ch. 12.

Current Citation

Tocqueville, Alexis De. Democracy in America: The Complete and Unabridged Volumes I and II, translated by Henry Reeve. Bantam Classics, 2000, vol. 2, sect. 2, ch. 12.