People live through such pain only once. Pain comes again-but it finds a tougher surface.

Willa Cather

The Song of the Lark

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Pain Thick skin Toughness

Author

Willa Cather

Source

The Song of the Lark

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1915 1910s 20th century

Occupation

Novelist Writer

From

United States

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Original Citation

Cather, Willa. The Song of the Lark. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1915, pt. 2, ch. 11.

Current Citation

Cather, Willa. The Song of the Lark. Vintage, 1999, pt. 2, ch. 11.

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The history of every country begins in the heart of a man or a woman.

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O Pioneers!

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O Pioneers!
Medium
Novel
Language
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Time
1913 1910s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Cather, Willa. O Pioneers! Houghton Mifflin Company, 1913, pt. 1, ch. 5.

Current Citation

Cather, Willa. O Pioneers, edited by Sharon O'Brien. W. W. Norton & Company, 2007, pt. 1, ch. 5.

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If you want work well done, select a busy man.

Elbert Hubbard

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Elbert Hubbard
Language
English
Time
1916 1910s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Hubbard, Elbert. The Philosophy of Elbert Hubbard. Roycrofters, 1916.

Another quote from 1915

He was unheeded, happy and near to the wild heart of life.

James Joyce

The Egoist

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Happiness Contentment Being carefree

Author

James Joyce
Source
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man The Egoist
Medium
Novel Magazine
Genre
Modernist literature
Language
English
Time
1915 1910s 20th century
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

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

Current Citation

Joyce, James. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, edited by John Paul Riquelme. W. W. Norton & Company, 2007, ch. 4.