10s

Explore 3 quotes from the 10s

Dripping water hollows out a stone, a ring is worn away by use.

Ovid

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Topic

One step at a time Persistence

Author

Ovid

Medium

Letter

Statement Type

Proverbs, aphorisms and adages

Language

Latin

Time

18 10s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Ovid. "To Albinovanus: The Sixth Summer." Epistulae ex Ponto. 1st century CE, bk. 4, no. 10, l. 5.

Current Citation

Oivd. "Ex Ponto." Triste; Ex Ponto, translated by Arthur Leslie Wheeler, edited by G. P. Goold. Harvard University Press, 1988.

What is hateful to you do not to your neighbor: that is the whole Torah. The rest is commentary.

Hillel the Elder

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Topic

Golden rule Reciprocity

Author

Hillel the Elder

Source

Talmud

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Statement Type

Orders and commands

Language

Hebrew

Time

10 10s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

The Talmud. The William Davidson Talmud. Shabbat 31a.

Current Citation

The Babylonian Talmud, translated by A. Cohen. Cambridge University, 2013, Shabbat 31a.

Say not, When I have leisure I will study; perchance thou wilt never have leisure.

Hillel the Elder

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Topic

No time like the present Procrastination

Author

Hillel the Elder

Source

Talmud

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Statement Type

Orders and commands

Language

Hebrew

Time

10 10s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

The Talmud. The William Davidson Talmud. Pirkei Avot 2.

Current Citation

The Babylonian Talmud, translated by A. Cohen. Cambridge University Press, 2013, Mishnah "Pirqei Avot 2:5."