There is a crack, a crack in everything
That's how the light gets in

Leonard Cohen

Anthem

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Topic

Healing Human frailty The human condition

Speaker

Leonard Cohen

Source

Anthem The Future (album)

Medium

Song

Genre

Folk music

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

English

Time

1992 1990s 20th century

Occupation

Singer-songwriter Musician

From

Canada

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Cohen, Leonard. "Anthem." The Future. Columbia Records, 1992.

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Lady Windermere's Fan

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Topic
Stars The human condition
Speaker
Lord Darlington

Author

Oscar Wilde
Source
Lady Windermere's Fan
Medium
Play
Genre
Comedic play
Language
English
Time
1892 1890s 19th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Wilde, Oscar. Lady Windermere's Fan, A Play About a Good Woman. 1892, St James's Theatre, London, England, UK, act 3.

Current Citation

Wilde, Oscar. "Lady Windermere's Fan." Oscar Wilde: The Major Works, edited by Isobel Murray. Oxford University Press, 2008, act 3.

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Be like a headland of rock on which the waves break incessantly: but it stands fast and around it the seething of the waters sinks to rest.

Marcus Aurelius

Meditations

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Topic
Steadfastness Dependability Inner strength Courage

Author

Marcus Aurelius
Source
Meditations
Medium
Personal journal
Genre
Philosophical literature
Statement Type
Advice Metaphor, analogy and simile
Language
Greek
Time
180 180s 2nd century
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 1
Original Citation

Aurelius, Marcus. Meditations. c. 180, bk. 4.

Current Citation

Aurelius, Marcus. Meditations, edited and translated by Martin Hammond. Penguin Classics, 2015, bk. 4.