I am too much of a sceptic to deny the possibility of anything.

T.H. Huxley

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Topic

Doubt and skepticism

Author

T.H. Huxley

Medium

Letter

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

English

Time

1886 1880s 19th century

Occupation

Biologist Scientist Writer

From

United Kingdom Europe

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Citation

Huxley, Thomas Henry. Letter to Herbert Spencer. 22 Mar. 1886.

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It is not the strength but the duration of great sentiments that makes great men.

Friedrich Nietzsche

Beyond Good and Evil

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Topic
Great men

Author

Friedrich Nietzsche
Source
Beyond Good and Evil
Genre
Philosophical literature
Language
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Time
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Original Citation

Nietzsche, Friedrich. Jenseits von Gut und Böse: Vorspiel einer Philosophie der Zukunft [Beyond Good and Evil: Prelude to a Philosophy of the Future]. Leipzig: C. G. Naumann, 1886, ch. 4, no. 72.

Current Citation

Nietzsche, Friedrich. Beyond Good and Evil, translated by R. J. Hollingdale. Penguin Classics, 2003, ch. 4, no. 72.

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

F. Scott Fitzgerald

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Effects of the past The past The human condition

Author

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Source
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Medium
Novel
Statement Type
Closing lines Metaphor, analogy and simile
Language
English
Time
1925 1920s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

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