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When the candles are out all women are fair.

Plutarch

Moralia

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Topic

Sex

Author

Plutarch

Source

Moralia

Medium

Essay

Language

Greek

Time

100 100s 2nd century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Plutarch. "Γαμικὰ παραγγέλματα [Advice to Bride and Groom]." Ἠθικά Ethika [The Moralia]. c. 100 AD.

Current Citation

Plutarch. "Advice to Bride and Groom." Moralia, translated by Frank Cole Babbitt. Vol. 2, Harvard University Press, 1928.

Conceal a flaw, and the world will imagine the worst.

Martial

Epigrams

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Topic

Character flaws Suspicion Forthrightness

Author

Martial

Source

Epigrams

Medium

Epigram

Language

Latin

Time

103 100s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 1

Original Citation

Martial. Epigrammata [Epigrams]. c. 102 AD, bk. 3, no. 42.

Current Citation

Martial. Epigrams, translated by Gideon Nisbet. Oxford University Press, 2015, bk. 3, no. 42.

For it is impossible for any one to begin to learn what he thinks that he already knows.

Epictetus

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Topic

Lack of curiosity Learning Arrogance

Author

Epictetus

Source

Discourses

Medium

Lecture

Language

Greek

Time

108 100s 2nd century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Epictetus. Ἐπικτήτου διατριβαί, Epiktētou diatribai [The Discourses of Epictetus]. c. 108, bk 2, ch 17.

Current Citation

Epictetus. "The Discourses." Discourses and Other Writings, edited and translated by Robert Dobbin. Penguin Classics, 2008, bk. 2, ch. 17.

All wish to be learned, but no one is willing to pay the price.

Juvenal

Satires

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Topic

Hard work Sacrifice Learning Education

Author

Juvenal

Source

Satires

Medium

Poem

Genre

Satire

Language

Latin

Time

100 100s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 0

Original Citation

Juvenal. Satirae [Satires]. c. 127, satire 7.

Current Citation

Juvenal. The Satires, translated by Niall Rudd. Oxford University Press, 2008, satire 7.

A man who lives everywhere lives nowhere.

Martial

Epigrams

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Topic

Citizens of the world Rootedness Place

Author

Martial

Source

Epigrams

Medium

Epigram

Language

Latin

Time

103 100s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 1

Original Citation

Martial. Epigrammata [Epigrams]. c. 102 AD, bk. 7, no. 73.

Current Citation

Martial. Epigrams, translated by Gideon Nisbet. Oxford University Press, 2015, bk. 7, no. 73.

This gives a great field for the flatterer in friendship, who finds a wonderful base of operations in our self-love, which makes each person his own first and greatest flatterer.

Plutarch

Moralia

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Topic

Flattery

Author

Plutarch

Source

Moralia

Medium

Essay

Language

Greek

Time

100 100s 2nd century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Plutarch. "Πῶς ἄν τις διακρίνοιε τὸν κόλακα τοῦ φίλου [How to Tell a Flatterer from a Friend]." Ἠθικά Ethika [Moralia]. c. 100 AD.

Current Citation

Plutarch. "How to Distinguish a Flatterer from a Friend." Essays. Penguin Classics, 1993.

Virtue extends our days: he lives two lives who relives his past with pleasure.

Martial

Epigrams

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Memories

Author

Martial

Source

Epigrams

Medium

Epigram

Language

Latin

Time

103 100s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Martial. Epigrammata [Epigrams]. c. 102 AD, bk. 10, no. 23.

Current Citation

Martial. Epigrams, translated by Gideon Nisbet. Oxford University Press, 2015, bk. 10, no. 34.

To break a treaty is contempt for the gods. But to outwit an enemy is not only just and glorious-but profitable and sweet.

Plutarch

Plutarch's Lives

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Topic

Treaties Enemies

Author

Plutarch

Source

Plutarch's Lives

Genre

Biography

Language

Greek

Time

100 100s 2nd century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Plutarch. "Agesilaus." Βίοι Παράλληλοι [Parallel Lives]. c. 2nd century.

Current Citation

Plutarch. "Agesilaus." Roman Lives: A Selection of Eight Roman Lives, translated by Robin Waterfield. Oxford University Press, 2009.

Though boys throw stones at frogs in sport, the frogs do not die in sport, but in earnest.

Bion of Borysthenes

Quoted in Moralia, by Plutarch

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Topic

Animal cruelty Man and animals

Speaker

Bion of Borysthenes

Author

Plutarch

Source

Moralia

Medium

Essay

Language

Greek

Time

100 100s 2nd century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Bion. Quoted in "De sollertia animalium [Whether Land or Sea Animals are Cleverer]." Moralia [Morals], written by Plutarch. c. 100.

Current Citation

Bion. Quoted in "Whether Land or Sea Animals are Cleverer." Moralia, written by Plutarch. Vol. 12, Harvard University Press, 1957.

Were I a nightingale, I would sing like a nightingale; were I a swan, like a swan. But as it is, I am a rational being, therefore I must sing hymns of praise to God.

Epictetus

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Topic

Praising God Fulfilling one's nature

Author

Epictetus

Source

Discourses

Medium

Lecture

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

Greek

Time

108 100s 2nd century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Epictetus. Ἐπικτήτου διατριβαί, Epiktētou diatribai [The Discourses of Epictetus]. c. 108, bk. 1, ch. 16.

Current Citation

Epictetus. "The Discourses." Discourses and Other Writings, edited and translated by Robert Dobbin. Penguin Classics, 2008, bk. 1, ch. 16.

Wait for the wisest of all counsellors, Time.

Pericles

Quoted in Plutarch's Lives, by Plutarch

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Patience Time

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Pericles

Author

Plutarch

Source

Plutarch's Lives

Genre

Biography

Statement Type

Advice

Language

Greek

Time

100 100s 2nd century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Pericles. Quoted in "Pericles." Parallel Lives by Plutarch. c. 2nd century BC, ch. 18, sect. 2.

Current Citation

Pericles. Quoted in "Pericles." Parallel Lives by Plutarch. Oxford University Press, 2009, ch. 18, sect. 2.

Wise men don't say, "I shall live to do that". Tomorrow's life's too late; live today.

Martial

Epigrams

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Topic

Living in the moment Present and future The present

Author

Martial

Source

Epigrams

Medium

Epigram

Language

Latin

Time

103 100s 2nd century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 1

Original Citation

Martial. Epigrammata [Epigrams]. c. 102 AD, bk. 1, no. 15.

Current Citation

Martial. Epigrams, translated by Gideon Nisbet. Oxford University Press, 2015, bk. 1, no. 15.

Appearances to the mind are of four kinds. Things are either what they appear to be; or they are neither are, nor appear to be; or they are, and do not appear to be; or they are not and yet appear to be. Rightly to aim in all these cases is the wise man's task.

Epictetus

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Appearance vs. reality Perception

Author

Epictetus

Source

Discourses

Medium

Lecture

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

Greek

Time

108 100s 2nd century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Epictetus. Ἐπικτήτου διατριβαί, Epiktētou diatribai [The Discourses of Epictetus]. c. 108, bk. 1, ch. 27.

Current Citation

Epictetus. "The Discourses." Discourses and Other Writings, edited and translated by Robert Dobbin. Penguin Classics, 2008, bk. 1, ch. 27.

Shall I show you the sinews of a philosopher? "What sinews are those?"-A will undisappointed; evils avoided; powers daily exercised; careful resolution; unerring decisions.

Epictetus

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Topic

Philosophers Philosophy

Author

Epictetus

Source

Discourses

Medium

Lecture

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

Greek

Time

108 100s 2nd century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Epictetus. Ἐπικτήτου διατριβαί, Epiktētou diatribai [The Discourses of Epictetus]. c. 108, bk. 2, ch. 8.

Current Citation

Epictetus. "The Discourses." Discourses and Other Writings, edited and translated by Robert Dobbin. Penguin Classics, 2008, bk. 2, ch. 8.

What is the first business of one who practices philosophy? To get rid of self-conceit. For it is impossible for anyone to begin to learn that which he thinks he already knows.

Epictetus

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Topic

Intellectual humility Certainty Obstacles to learning Learning

Author

Epictetus

Source

Discourses

Medium

Lecture

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

Greek

Time

108 100s 2nd century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Epictetus. Ἐπικτήτου διατριβαί, Epiktētou diatribai [The Discourses of Epictetus]. c. 108, bk. 2, ch. 17.

Current Citation

Epictetus. "The Discourses." Discourses and Other Writings, edited and translated by Robert Dobbin. Penguin Classics, 2008, bk. 2, ch. 17.

The very spring and root of honesty and virtue lie in good education.

Plutarch

Moralia

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Topic

Education

Author

Plutarch

Source

On the Educaiton of Children Moralia

Medium

Essay

Language

Italian/Latin

Time

100 100s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Plutarch. "Περὶ παίδων ἀγωγῆς [On the Education of Children]." Ἠθικά Ethika [Moralia]. c. 100 AD.

Neither fear your death's day nor long for it.

Martial

Epigrams

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Fear of death Death

Author

Martial

Source

Epigrams

Medium

Epigram

Language

Latin

Time

103 100s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 1

Original Citation

Martial. Epigrammata [Epigrams]. c. 102 AD, bk. 10, no. 47.

Current Citation

Martial. Epigrams, translated by Gideon Nisbet. Oxford University Press, 2015, bk. 10, no. 47.