Kierkegaard wrote it in an 1843 journal, and the entry does not stop where the quote does. His third sentence takes the comfort back. Here is what it says.
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Is “Ashes to Ashes, Dust to Dust” in the Bible?
“Ashes to ashes, dust to dust” is not in the Bible. It comes from the 1549 Book of Common Prayer – and the half of the sentence nobody repeats almost is.
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Who Really Said “The Greatest Trick the Devil Ever Pulled”?
“The greatest trick the devil ever pulled” is not first from The Usual Suspects. Baudelaire printed it in 1864 – and in his story the Devil quotes a preacher.
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“Sit Quietly in a Room Alone”: What Pascal Actually Wrote
Pascal never wrote “problems” or “alone” – the French says all human unhappiness comes from not staying at rest in a room. His next lines say why we cannot.
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Is “The Eyes Are the Window to the Soul” in the Bible?
No – “the eyes are the window to the soul” is not in the Bible. Leonardo called it a saying he had heard, and the verse people reach for runs the other way.
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“Be Yourself; Everyone Else Is Already Taken” Isn’t Wilde
No evidence Oscar Wilde said “Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.” The earliest copy in print is from 1999 – and what he did write is better.
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“Lives of Quiet Desperation”: Thoreau Wrote It About Money
Thoreau wrote “lives of quiet desperation” in a chapter about debt and what a house costs in years of life. The famous second half about the song is not his.
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Is “Good Things Come to Those Who Wait” in the Bible?
No – “good things come to those who wait” is not in the Bible. It is a 16th-century French proverb, and here is what Scripture actually promises the person who is waiting.
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“Blood Is Thicker Than Water” Full Quote: Where It Really Comes From
The “full quote” of blood is thicker than water, about covenant and womb, has no source before the 1990s. The real proverb is centuries old and about family.
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Catharsis Meaning: Aristotle Never Explained It
Catharsis meaning, plainly: a cleansing. Aristotle used the word once in his definition of tragedy and never explained it. Here is what it really meant.