Being an old maid is like death by drowning, a really delightful sensation after you cease to struggle.

Edna Ferber

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Topic

Single women Single life

Speaker

Edna Ferber

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

English

Time

1929 1920s 20th century

Occupation

Novelist Writer

From

United States

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Ferber, Edna. Comment at a round table. Algonquin Round Table. c. 1929, Algonquin Hotel, New York City, NY, USA.

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Death is the side of life which is turned away from us.

Rainer Maria Rilke

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Topic
Mystery of death Death

Author

Rainer Maria Rilke
Medium
Letter
Language
German
Time
1925 1920s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Rilke, Rainer Maria. Letter to Witold von Hulewicz. 13 Nov. 1925.

Current Citation

Rilke, Rainer Maria. Letters of Rainer Maria Rilke, 1910-1926, translated by Jane Bannard Greene and M. D. Herter Norton. W. W. Norton & Company, 1969.

Another quote of the following type Metaphor, analogy and simile

His reasons are as two grains of wheat hid in two bushels of chaff: you shall seek all day ere you find them, and when you have them, they are not worth the search.

William Shakespeare

The Merchant of Venice

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Topic
Justifications and rationales Nonsense and bullshit
Speaker
Bassanio

Author

William Shakespeare
Source
The Merchant of Venice
Medium
Play
Genre
Comedy (play)
Statement Type
Metaphor, analogy and simile
Language
English
Time
1598 1590s 16th century
Era
European Renaissance
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Shakespeare, William. The Merchant of Venice. c. 1598, The Theatre, London, England, UK, act 1, sc. 1.

Current Citation

Shakespeare, William. "The Merchant of Venice." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, act 1, sc. 1.