Variety's the very spice of life,
That gives it all its flavour.

William Cowper

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Topic

Variety

Author

William Cowper

Source

The Timepiece The Task

Medium

Poem

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

English

Time

1785 1780s 18th century

Occupation

Poet Writer

From

United Kingdom Europe

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Original Citation

Cowper, William. The Task. London: Joseph Johnson, 1785, bk. 2.

Current Citation

Cowper, William. "The Task." William Cowper: The Task and Selected Other Poems, edited by James Sambrook. Routledge, 2016, bk. 2.

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Topic
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Author

Immanuel Kant
Source
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Medium
Essay
Genre
Philosophical literature
Statement Type
Metaphor, analogy and simile
Language
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Time
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Era
Age of Enlightenment
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Citation

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Absence diminishes mediocre passions and increases great ones, as the wind blows out candles and fans fires.

François de La Rochefoucauld

Reflections

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Topic
Absence Missing someone

Author

François de La Rochefoucauld
Source
Reflections
Medium
Epigram
Statement Type
Metaphor, analogy and simile
Language
French
Time
1678 1670s 17th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

La Rochefoucauld, Francois. Reflexions ou sentences et maximes morales [Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims]. c. 1665.

Current Citation

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