So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.

F. Scott Fitzgerald

The Great Gatsby

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Topic

Effects of the past The past The human condition

Author

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Source

The Great Gatsby

Medium

Novel

Statement Type

Closing lines Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

English

Time

1925 1920s 20th century

Occupation

Novelist Writer

From

United States

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Fitzgerald, F. Scott. The Great Gatsby. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1925, ch. 9.

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That's the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool.

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Time
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Citation

Fitzgerald, F. Scott. The Great Gatsby. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1925, ch. 1.

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There can be no higher law in journalism than to tell the truth and shame the devil.

Walter Lippmann

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Topic
Journalism

Author

Walter Lippmann
Genre
Political literature
Statement Type
Precepts and axioms
Language
English
Time
1920 1920s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Lippmann, Walter. "Journalism and the Higher Law." Liberty and the News. Harcourt, Brace and Howe, 1920.

Another quote about The human condition

Time’s the king of men.
He’s both their parent, and he is their grave,
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Pericles, Prince of Tyre

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Fate Mortality Passage of time Time The human condition
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Pericles

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William Shakespeare
Source
Pericles, Prince of Tyre
Medium
Play
Genre
Comedy (play)
Language
English
Time
1608 1600s 17th century
Era
European Renaissance
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Shakespeare, William and George Wilkins. Pericles, Prince of Tyre. King's Men, c. 1608, Globe Theatre, London, England, UK, act 2, sc. 3.

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Shakespeare, William. "Pericles." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, act 2, sc. 3.

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And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.

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Facing one's fears Personal growth

Author

Elizabeth Appell
Statement Type
Metaphor, analogy and simile
Language
English
Time
1979 1970s 20th century
Authentication Score 1
Citation

Appell, Elizabeth. “Risk.” John F Kennedy University Newsletter, Jan. 1979.