2nd century BC

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Plutarch. "Περὶ τοῦ ἀκούειν [On Hearing]." Ἠθικά Ethika [Moralia]. c. 100 AD.

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Plutarch. "On Listening." Essays. Penguin Classics, 1993.

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Pali Tipitaka. c. 100 BC, Khuddaka Nikaya, Dhammapada v. 5.

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Meghaprasara, Matthew. New Guide to the Tipitaka. Sangha of Books, 2013, Dhammapada v. 5.

Carthage must be destroyed.

Cato the Elder

Quoted in Plutarch's Lives, by Plutarch

Cato ended several of his speeches with this phrase after his visit to Carthage in 152 BC.

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Cato the Elder. Speech within the Roman Senate prior to the Third Punic War. c. 149 BC, Rome, Italy.

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Tacitus. Historiae [Histories]. Venice, c. 110, bk 4, ch. 17.

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Tacitus. The Histories, translated by W. H. Fyfe. Oxford University Press, 2008, bk. 4, ch. 17.

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Vyasa. The Bhagavad Gita. c. 200 BCE, ch. 11, v. 32.

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Vyasa. The Bhagavad Gita, translated W. J. Johnson. Oxford University Press, 2009, ch. 11, v. 32.

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Terence. Eunuchus [The Eunuch]. 161 BC, Megalesian Games, Rome, Italy, act 4, sc. 7.

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Terence. Phormio. 161 BC, Ludi Romani, Rome, Italy.

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Terence. Ἑαυτὸν τιμωρούμενος [Heuton Timoroumenous]. c. 163 BC, Rome, Italy, act 4, sc. 2.

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Polybius. Ἱστορίαι [Histories]. c. 110 BC, bk. 10.

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Polybius. The Histories, translated by W. R. Paton. Vol. 4, Loeb Classical Library, 1992, bk. 10.

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Polybius. Ἱστορίαι [Histories]. c. 110 BC, bk. 18.

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Polybius. The Histories, translated by W. R. Paton. Vol. 5, Harvard University Press, 2012, bk. 18.

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Plutarch. "Περὶ δεισιδαιμονίας [On Superstition]." Moralia [Ἠθικά]. c. 100 AD.

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Plutarch. "Περὶ ἀδολεσχίας [On Talkativeness]." Ἠθικά Ethika [Moralia]. c. 100 AD.

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Terence. Ἑαυτὸν τιμωρούμενος [Heuton Timoroumenous]. c. 163 BC, Rome, Italy, act 4, sc. 6.

The wisdom of a learned man cometh by opportunity of leisure; and he that hath little business shall become wise.

Ben Sira

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Ecclesiastus 38:24).

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The Bible: Authorized King James Version, edited by Robert Carroll and Stephen Prickett. Oxford University Press, 2008. (Ecclesiastus 38:24).

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Pali Tipitaka. c. 100 BC, Khuddaka Nikaya, Dhammapada v. 103.

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Meghaprasara, Matthew. New Guide to the Tipitaka. Sangha of Books, 2013, Dhammapada v. 103.

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Pali Tipitaka. c. 100 BC, Khuddaka Nikaya, Sutta-Nipata v. 592

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Meghaprasara, Matthew. New Guide to the Tipitaka. Sangha of Books, 2013, Khuddaka Nikaya, Sutta-Nipata, v. 592.

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Pali Tipitaka. c. 100 BC, Samyutta Nikaya, pt. 56, p. 11.

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Meghaprasara, Matthew. New Guide to the Tipitaka. Sangha of Books, 2013, Samyutta Nikaya, pt. 56.

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Pali Tipitaka. c. 100 BC, Samyutta Nikaya, pt. 56, p. 11.

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Meghaprasara, Matthew. New Guide to the Tipitaka. Sangha of Books, 2013, Samyutta Nikaya, pt. 56.

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Huainanzi. c. 139 BC, essay 2, sect. 7.

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The Huainanzi, edited and translated by John S. Major, Sarah A. Queen, et. al. Columbia University Press, 2010, essay 2, sect. 7.

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Terence. Eunuchus [The Eunuch]. 161 BC, Megalesian Games, Rome, Italy, prologue.