A book must be the axe for the frozen sea inside us.

Ein Buch muß die Axt sein für das gefrorene Meer in uns.

Franz Kafka

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Topic

Self-discovery Power of literature Books

Author

Franz Kafka

Source

Letters of Franz Kafka

Medium

Letter

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

German

Time

1904 1900s 20th century

Occupation

Writer

From

Czech Republic Europe

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Original Citation

Kafka, Franz. Letter to Oskar Pollak. 27 Jan. 1904.

Current Citation

Kafka, Franz. Franz Kafka: Letters to Friends, Family, and Editors, translated by Richard and Clara Winston. Schocken, 1990.

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Speak softly and carry a big stick.

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The pen is mightier than the sword.

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Source
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Medium
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Genre
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Statement Type
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Language
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Time
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Authentication Score 3
Citation

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Distrust all in whom the impulse to punish is powerful.

Friedrich Nietzsche

Thus Spoke Zarathustra

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Topic
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Author

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Source
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Genre
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Statement Type
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Language
German
Time
1883 1880s 19th century
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

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Nietzsche, Friedrich. Nietzsche: Thus Spoke Zarathustra, edited by Robert Pippin, translated by Adrian Del Caro. Cambridge University Press, 2006, pt. 2.

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A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for.

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Salt from My Attic

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Topic
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Author

John A. Shedd
Source
Salt from My Attic
Statement Type
Metaphor, analogy and simile
Language
English
Time
1928 1920s 20th century
Authentication Score 1
Citation

Shedd, John A. Salt from My Attic. Mosher Press, 1928.