What'll we do with ourselves this afternoon? And the day after that, and the next thirty years?

F. Scott Fitzgerald

The Great Gatsby

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Purpose of life Killing time

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Daisy Buchanan

Author

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Source

The Great Gatsby

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1925 1920s 20th century

Occupation

Novelist Writer

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United States

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Citation

Fitzgerald, F. Scott. The Great Gatsby. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1925, ch. 7.

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One writes of scars healed, a loose parallel to the pathology of the skin, but there is no such thing in the life of an individual. There are open wounds, shrunk sometimes to the size of a pin-prick but wounds still. The marks of suffering are more comparable to the loss of a finger, or of the sight of an eye. We may not miss them, either, for one minute in a year, but if we should there is nothing to be done about it.

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Tender is the Night

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F. Scott Fitzgerald
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Tender is the Night
Medium
Novel
Language
English
Time
1934 1930s 20th century
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Original Citation

Fitzgerald, F. Scott. "Tender is the Night." Scribner's Magazine, Jan. 1934 - Apr. 1934.

Current Citation

Fitzgerald, F. Scott. Tender is the Night. Scribners, 1995, ch. 14.

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There is nothing more innately human than the tendency to transmute what has become customary into what has been divinely ordained.

Suzanne LaFollette

The Beginnings of Emancipation

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Abuses of religion

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Suzanne LaFollette
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The Beginnings of Emancipation Concerning Women
Language
English
Time
1926 1920s 20th century
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Citation

LaFollette, Suzanne. Concerning Women. Albert & Charles Boni, 1926, ch. 1.

Another quote about Purpose of life

For our discussion is about no ordinary matter, but on the right way to conduct our lives.

Socrates

Quoted in Republic, by Plato

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How to live Purpose of life
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Socrates

Author

Plato
Source
Republic
Medium
Philosophical dialogue Dialogue
Genre
Philosophical literature
Language
Greek
Time
375 BC 370s BC 4th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
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Original Citation

Socrates. Quoted in Πολιτεία [Republic], written by Plato. c. 375 BCE.

Current Citation

Socrates. Quoted in Republic, written by Plato, translated by Desmond Lee. Penguin Classics, 2007.