I have no money, no resources, no hopes. I am the happiest man alive.

Henry Miller

Tropic of Cancer

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Topic

Freedom in poverty

Author

Henry Miller

Source

Tropic of Cancer

Medium

Novel

Statement Type

Paradox

Language

English

Time

1934 1930s 20th century

Occupation

Novelist Writer

From

United States

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Miller, Henry. Tropic of Cancer. Obelisk Press, 1934.

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Another quote from the 1930s

Success is relative:
It is what we can make of the mess we have
made of things.

T.S. Eliot

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Topic
Success
Speaker
Agatha

Author

T.S. Eliot
Source
The Family Reunion
Medium
Play
Language
English
Time
1939 1930s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Eliot, T. S. The Family Reunion. Performed by Michael Redgrave, Helen Haye, and Catherine Lacey. 1939, Westminster Theatre, London, England, UK, pt. 2, sc. 3.

Another quote of the following type Paradox

The only freedom the gods grant us
Is this: to submit
Of our own free will to their sovereignty
We should do just that,
Since only in the illusion of freedom
Does freedom exist.

Fernando Pessoa

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Topic
God and man Fate vs. free will Free will

Author

Fernando Pessoa
Medium
Poem
Statement Type
Paradox
Language
Portuguese
Time
1914 1910s 20th century
Authentication Score 1
Citation

Pessoa, Fernando (published as Ricardo Reis). "So esta liberdade nos concedem [The only freedom the gods grant us]." Odes. Edições Ática, 1952.