It is the most violent people who go for love and peace.

John Lennon

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Topic

Peace movement Human nature

Speaker

John Lennon

Source

Playboy Magazine

Medium

Interview Magazine

Statement Type

Paradox

Language

English

Time

1980 1980s 20th century

Occupation

Singer-songwriter Musician

From

United Kingdom Europe

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Citation

Lennon, John. "Playboy Interview with John Lennon and Yoko Ono." Interviewed by David Sheff. Playboy, Jan. 1981.

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If you build it, he will come.

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Medium
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Time
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All men by nature desire to know.

Aristotle

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Topic
Curiosity Knowledge Human nature

Author

Aristotle
Source
Metaphysics
Genre
Philosophical literature
Language
Greek
Time
322 BC 320s BC 4th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Aristotle. τὰ μετὰ τὰ φυσικά [Those after the physics]. c. 322 BC, bk. 1.

Current Citation

Aristotle. Metaphysics, translated by Hugh Lawson-Tancred. Penguin Classics, 1999, book alpha.

Another quote of the following type Paradox

The tyrant grinds down his slaves and they don't turn against him; they crush those beneath them.

Emily Brontë

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Shit rolls downhill Human nature
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Heathcliff

Author

Emily Brontë
Source
Wuthering Heights
Medium
Novel
Statement Type
Paradox
Language
English
Time
1847 1840s 19th century
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Original Citation

Brontë, Emily, [published as Ellis Bell]. Wuthering Heights. Vol. 1, London: Thomas Cautley Newby, 1847, ch. 11.

Current Citation

Bronte, Emily. Wuthering Heights, edited by Alexandra Lewis. W. W. Norton & Company, 2019, ch. 11.