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It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor.

Seneca the Younger

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Acquisitiveness Desire Materialism Attachment (Buddhism)

Author

Seneca the Younger

Source

Epistles (Seneca the Younger)

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Letter

Language

Latin

Time

65 60s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

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Original Citation

Seneca the Younger. Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium [Moral Letters to Lucilius]. c. 65 AD.

Current Citation

Seneca, Lucius Annaeus. Letters on Ethics, translated by Margaret Graver and A. A. Long. University of Chicago Press, 2017.

And they took him, and brought him unto Areopagus, saying, May we know what this new doctrine, whereof thou speakest, is? For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears: we would know therefore what these things mean. For all the Athenians and strangers which were there spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell, or to hear some new thing.

Acts 17:19-21

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Athens and Jerusalem

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Book of Acts The Bible

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Scripture

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Religious literature

Statement Type

Question

Language

Greek

Time

62 60s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Acts 17:19-21).

He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.

Jesus

Matthew 11:15

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Listening

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Jesus

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Gospel of Matthew The Bible

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Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Greek

Time

60 60s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Matthew 11:15).

Abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul.

1st Peter 2:11

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Lust

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1st Peter The Bible

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Scripture

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Religious literature

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Orders and commands

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Greek

Time

65 60s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

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Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (1st Peter 2:11).

We are mad, not only individually, but nationally. We check manslaughter and isolated murders; but what of war and the much vaunted crime of slaughtering whole peoples?

Seneca the Younger

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Genocide Anti-war War

Author

Seneca the Younger

Source

Epistles (Seneca the Younger)

Medium

Letter

Language

Latin

Time

65 60s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Seneca the Younger. Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium [Moral Letters to Lucilius]. c. 65 AD.

Current Citation

Seneca, Lucius Annaeus. Letters on Ethics, translated by Margaret Graver and A. A. Long. University of Chicago Press, 2017.

No person has the power to have everything they want, but it is in their power not to want what they don’t have, and to cheerfully put to good use what they do have.

Seneca the Younger

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Simple living Materialism

Author

Seneca the Younger

Source

Moral Letters to Lucilius

Medium

Letter

Language

Latin

Time

65 60s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 0

Original Citation

Seneca the Younger. Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium [Moral Letters to Lucilius]. c. 65 AD.

Current Citation

Seneca, Lucius Annaeus. Letters on Ethics, translated by Margaret Graver and A. A. Long. University of Chicago Press, 2017.

For where two or three are gathered together in My name, I am there in the midst of them.

Jesus

Matthew 18:20

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The Church

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Jesus

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Gospel of Matthew The Bible

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Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Greek

Time

60 60s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Matthew 18:20).

Men do not care how nobly they live, but only how long, although it is within the reach of every man to live nobly, but within no man's power to live long.

Seneca the Younger

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Length of life What we can control

Author

Seneca the Younger

Source

Epistles (Seneca the Younger)

Medium

Letter

Language

Latin

Time

65 60s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Seneca the Younger. Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium [Moral Letters to Lucilius]. c. 65 AD.

Current Citation

Seneca, Lucius Annaeus. Letters on Ethics, translated by Margaret Graver and A. A. Long. University of Chicago Press, 2017.

Get thee behind me, Satan.

Jesus

Matthew 16:23

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The devil

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Jesus

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Gospel of Matthew The Bible

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Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

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Orders and commands

Language

Greek

Time

60 60s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Matthew 16:23).

Is the dwelling place of God anywhere but in the earth and sea, the air and sky, and virtue? Why seek we further for deities? Whatever you see, whatever you touch, that is Jupiter.

Lucan

Pharsalia

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Animism Nature of God God

Author

Lucan

Source

Pharsalia

Medium

Poem

Genre

Historical literature

Language

Latin

Time

65 60s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Lucan. Pharsalia, or De Bello Civili. c. 65, bk. 9, l. 578-580.

Current Citation

Lucan. Civil War, translated by Matthew Fox. Penguin Classics, 2012, bk. 9, l. 578-580.

The harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few.

Jesus

Matthew 9:37

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Evangelism

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Jesus

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Gospel of Matthew The Bible

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Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Greek

Time

60 60s 1st century

Era

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Matthew 9:37).

For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

Jesus

Matthew 6:21

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Priorities Sermon on the Mount

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Jesus

Source

Gospel of Matthew The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Greek

Time

60 60s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Matthew 6:21).

Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am chief.

1st Timothy 1:15

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Salvation through Jesus Salvation

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1st Timothy The Bible

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Scripture

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Religious literature

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Greek

Time

62 60s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (1st Timothy 1:15).

Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it.

Ephesians 5:25

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Marriage

Source

Ephesians The Bible

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Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Statement Type

Orders and commands

Language

Greek

Time

62 60s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Ephesians 5:25).

Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.

Jesus

Matthew 5:9

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Making peace Peace Beatitudes Sermon on the Mount

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Jesus

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Gospel of Matthew The Bible

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Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Greek

Time

60 60s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Matthew 5:9).

Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

Hebrews 11:1

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Things not seen Faith

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Hebrews The Bible

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Scripture

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Religious literature

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Greek

Time

69 60s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Hebrews 11:1).

What must I do to be saved?

Acts 16:30

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Salvation

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Book of Acts The Bible

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Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Statement Type

Question

Language

Greek

Time

62 60s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Acts 16:30).

I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.

2nd Timothy 4:7

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Serving God Living for God

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2nd Timothy The Bible

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Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Greek

Time

67 60s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

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Citation

The Holy Bible, New International Version. International Bible Society, 1978. (2nd Timothy 4:7).

Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be with me in paradise.

Jesus

Luke 23:43

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The crucifixion Heaven

Speaker

Jesus

Source

Gospel of Luke The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Greek

Time

61 60s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Luke 23:43).

And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men.

Colossians 3:23

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Hard work

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Colossians The Bible

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Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Statement Type

Advice

Language

Greek

Time

62 60s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Colossians 3:23).