Man is so made that he can only find relaxation from one kind of labor by taking up another.

L'homme est ainsi fait qu'il ne se délasse d'un travail que par un autre.

Anatole France

The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard

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Topic

Leisure Staying busy Human nature

Author

Anatole France

Source

The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard

Medium

Novel

Language

French

Time

1881 1880s 19th century

Occupation

Poet Writer

From

France Europe

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Citation

France, Anatole. Le Crime de Sylvestre Bonnard [The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard]. Paris: Calmann-Lévy, 1881, pt. 2, ch. 4.

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East is East and West is West, and never the twain shall meet.

Rudyard Kipling

The Ballad of East and West

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Topic
East vs. West Clash of civilizations Globalization

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Rudyard Kipling
Source
The Ballad of East and West
Medium
Poem
Language
English
Time
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Kipling, Rudyard. "The Ballad of East and West." Pioneer, 2 Dec. 1889.

Current Citation

Kipling, Rudyard. "The Ballad of East and West." The Collected Poems of Rudyard Kipling. Wordsworth Editions, 1999.

Another quote about Human nature

And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

Genesis 6:5

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Human nature Sin Noah's flood
Source
Genesis The Bible
Medium
Scripture
Genre
Religious literature
Language
Hebrew
Time
1405 BC 1400s BC 15th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
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Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Genesis 6:5).

Another quote originally in French

The world began without the human race and it will end without it... Man has never-save only when he reproduces himself-done other than cheerfully dismantle millions upon millions of structures and reduce their elements to a state in which they can no longer be reintegrated.

Claude Levi-Strauss

Tristes Tropiques

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Topic
Human destructiveness

Author

Claude Levi-Strauss
Source
Tristes Tropiques
Genre
Autobiography and memoir
Language
French
Time
1955 1950s 20th century
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Original Citation

Levi-Strauss, Claude. Tristes Tropiques [Sad Tropics]. Librairie Plon, 1955, pt. 9, ch. 36.

Current Citation

Levi-Strauss, Claude. Tristes Tropiques, translated by John and Doreen Weightman. Penguin Classics, 2012, pt. 9, ch. 36.