A lifetime of happiness! No man alive could bear it: it would be hell on earth.

George Bernard Shaw

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Topic

Happiness

Speaker

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Author

George Bernard Shaw

Source

Man and Superman

Medium

Play

Genre

Drama (play)

Statement Type

Paradox

Language

English

Time

1903 1900s 20th century

Occupation

Playwright Writer

From

Ireland Europe

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Citation

Shaw, George Bernard. "Man and Superman." Man and Superman, John Bull's Other Island, and Major Barbara. Oxford University Press, 2021, act 1. Originally published by Archibald and Constable Co., Ltd., 1903.

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Beauty can pierce one like a pain.

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Source
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Medium
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Statement Type
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Time
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Original Citation

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Current Citation

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Happiness is the deferred fulfillment of a prehistoric wish. That is why wealth brings so little happiness; money is not an infantile wish.

Sigmund Freud

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Author

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Medium
Letter
Statement Type
Definition
Language
German
Time
1898 1890s 19th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Freud, Sigmund. Letter to Wilhelm Fliess. 16 Jan. 1898.

Current Citation

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The more things change, the more they are the same.

Alphonse Karr

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Topic
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Author

Alphonse Karr
Source
Les Guepes
Medium
Magazine
Statement Type
Paradox
Language
French
Time
1849 1840s 19th century
Authentication Score 1
Citation

Karr, Alphonse. Les Guepes. Au Bureau du Figaro, c. 1849.