The afternoon of human life must also have a significance of its own and cannot be merely a pitiful appendage to life's morning.

Carl Jung

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Topic

Middle age Youth vs. old age

Author

Carl Jung

Source

The Stages of Life

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

German

Time

1931 1930s 20th century

Occupation

Psychiatrist Psychologist Writer

From

Switzerland Europe

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Jung, Carl. "Die Lebenswende." Seelenprobleme der Gegenwart. Rascher, 1931.

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Fanaticism is always a sign of repressed doubt.

Carl Jung

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Topic
Fanaticism
Speaker
Carl Jung
Medium
Lecture
Language
English
Time
1935 1930s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Jung, Carl. Lecture five of the Tavistock lectures. 1935, Tavistock Clinic, London, England, UK.

Current Citation

Jung, Carl. The Symbolic Life: Miscellaneous Writings. Routledge, 2014, pt. 1, lecture 5.

Another quote from the 1930s

I'm melting, melting! Oh, what a world, what a world! Who would have thought a good little girl like you could destroy my beautiful wickedness?

The Wizard of Oz

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Topic
Dying
Speaker
Wicked Witch of the West
Actor
Margaret Hamilton
Source
The Wizard of Oz
Medium
Film
Genre
Fantasy (film) Musical (film) Fantasy Musical
Language
English
Time
1939 1930s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

The Wizard of Oz. Directed by Victor Fleming. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1939.

Another quote originally in German

A spectre is haunting Europe—the spectre of Communism.

Karl Marx

The Communist Manifesto

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Topic
Communism

Author

Karl Marx
Source
The Communist Manifesto
Medium
Pamphlet
Genre
Political literature Economic literature
Language
German
Time
1848 1840s 19th century
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Marx, Karl and Friedrich Engels [published anonymously]. Manifest der kommunistischen Partei [Manifesto of the Communist Party]. London: Gedruckt in der Office der Bildungs-Gesellschaft für Arbeiter, 1848.

Current Citation

Marx, Karl and Friedrich Engels. The Communist Manifesto, translated by Samuel Moore and Friedrich Engels. Penguin Classics, 2002.

Another quote of the following type Metaphor, analogy and simile

There is a strong shadow where there is much light.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Topic
Light and shadow Contrasts Yin and yang
Speaker
Gotz von Berlichingen

Author

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Statement Type
Metaphor, analogy and simile
Language
German
Time
1773 1770s 18th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Von Goethe, Johann Wolfgang. Gotz von Berlichingen. 1773, act 1.