The power to become habituated to his surroundings is a marked characteristic of mankind.

John Maynard Keynes

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Adaptability Human nature

Author

John Maynard Keynes

Source

The Economic Consequences of the Peace

Genre

Economic literature

Language

English

Time

1919 1910s 20th century

Occupation

Economist Writer

From

United Kingdom Europe

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Original Citation

Keynes, John Maynard. The Economic Consequences of the Peace. Self-published, 1919, ch. 1.

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Keynes, John Maynard. "The Economic Consequences of the Peace." The Essential Keynes. Penguin, edited by Robert Skidelsky, 2016, ch. 1.

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I desire to press in my arms the loveliness which has not yet come into the world.

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Medium
Novel
Genre
Modernist literature
Language
English
Time
1915 1910s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Joyce, James. "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man." The Egoist, 2 Feb. 1914 - 1 Sept. 1915.

Current Citation

Joyce, James. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, edited by Seamus Deane. Penguin Classics, 2003, ch. 5.

Another quote about Human nature

We are quick to flare up, we races of men on the earth.

Homer

The Odyssey

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Temper Anger Human nature

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Homer
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The Odyssey
Medium
Poem
Genre
Epic poem
Language
Greek
Time
700 BC 700s BC 8th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Homer. Ὀδύσσεια [Odyssey]. c. 710 BC, bk. 7, l. 307.

Current Citation

Homer. The Odyssey, edited by Bernard Knox, translated by Robert Fagles. Penguin Classics, 2006, bk. 7, l. 307.

Another quote from 1919

Freedom is always freedom for the one who thinks differently.

Rosa Luxemburg

The Russian Revolution

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Minority rights Freedom

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Rosa Luxemburg
Source
The Russian Revolution
Genre
Political literature Historical literature
Language
German
Time
1919 1910s 20th century
Authentication Score 2
Citation

Luxemburg, Rosa. "The Russian Revolution." The Russian Revolution and Leninism or Marxism? Trans. Bertram Wolfe. University of Michigan Press, 1961, ch. 6. Originally, Die russische Revolution [The Russian Revolution]. Paul Levi, 1922, ch. 6.