Classical antiquity

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A great fortune is a great slavery.

Seneca the Younger

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Wealth as burden Downsides of wealth Wealth

Author

Seneca the Younger

Source

Consolation to Polybius

Medium

Essay

Genre

Philosophical literature

Statement Type

Paradox

Language

Latin

Time

44 40s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

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Original Citation

Seneca the Younger. Ad Polybium De Consolatione [Of Consolation, To Polybius]. c. 44 AD, ch. 6, sect. 5.

Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.

Jesus

John 3:3

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Topic

Being born again Repentance Salvation Kingdom of God

Speaker

Jesus

Source

Gospel of John The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Greek

Time

90 90s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

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Citation

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

And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear you, when ye depart thence, shake off the dust under your feet for a testimony against them.

Jesus

Mark 6:11

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Topic

Evangelism

Speaker

Jesus

Source

Gospel of Mark The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Greek

Time

60 60s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

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Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Mark 6:11).

A woman's time of opportunity is short, and if she doesn't seize it, no one wants to marry her, and she sits watching for omens.

Lysistrata

Lysistrata

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Women and aging Women

Speaker

Lysistrata

Author

Aristophanes

Source

Lysistrata

Medium

Play

Genre

Comedy (play)

Language

Greek

Time

414 BC 410s BC 5th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Aristophanes. Λυσιστράτη [Lysistrata]. c. 411 BC, Athens, Greece.

Current Citation

Aristophanes. "Lysistrata." Lysistrata and Other Plays. Penguin Classics, 2008.

And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed.

Luke 2:1

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Jesus's birth

Source

Gospel of Luke The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Greek

Time

61 60s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

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Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Luke 2:1).

Of all the means which wisdom acquires to ensure happiness throughout the whole of life, by far the most important is friendship.

Epicurus

Quoted in The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers, by Diogenes Laërtius

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Value of friendship Friendship

Speaker

Epicurus

Author

Diogenes Laërtius

Source

Epicurus The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

Greek

Time

400 400s 3rd century

Era

Classical antiquity

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Original Citation

Epicurus. Quoted in Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers, written by Diogenes Laertius. c. 240 AD, bk. 10, ch. 1, sect. 148.

Current Citation

Epicurus. Quoted in The Lives of Eminent Philosophers, written by Diogenes Laërtius, translated by Pamela Mensch, edited by James Miller. Oxford University Press, 2018, bk. 10, ch. 1, sect. 148.

Shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil?

Job

Job 2:10

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Adversity Yin and yang

Speaker

Job

Source

Book of Job The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Statement Type

Question

Language

Hebrew

Time

500 BC 500s BC 6th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

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Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Job 2:10).

It was ordained at the beginning of the world that certain signs should prefigure certain events.

Cicero

Concerning Divination

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Topic

Predicting the future The future

Author

Cicero

Source

Concerning Divination

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

Latin

Time

44 BC 40s BC 1st century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 2

Citation

Cicero, Marcus Tullius. De Divinatione [Concerning Divination]. c. 44 BC, bk. 1, ch. 52, sect. 118.

May he give you the desire of your heart and make all your plans succeed.

Psalm 20:4

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Topic

Success God's blessing

Source

Psalms The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Hebrew

Time

450 BC 450s BC 5th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible, New International Version. International Bible Society, 1978. (Psalm 20:4).

Every man is like the company he is wont to keep.

Euripides

Phoenix

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Topic

Influences Man as social animal

Author

Euripides

Source

Phoenix

Language

Greek

Time

400 BC 400s BC 5th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

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Citation

Euripides. Phoenix. 5th century BC, fragment 809.

Death therefore is nothing to us nor does it concern us a scrap, seeing that the nature of the spirit we possess is something mortal.

Lucretius Carus

De Rerum Natura

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Materialism (philosophy) The soul Death

Author

Lucretius Carus

Source

De Rerum Natura

Medium

Poem

Genre

Philosophical literature Didactic poem

Language

Latin

Time

55 BC 50s BC 1st century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 1

Original Citation

Carus, Titus Lucretius. De Rerum Natura [On the Nature of Things]. c. 55 BC, bk. 3, l. 830.

Current Citation

Carus, Titus Lucretius. The Nature of Things, translated by Alicia Stallings. Penguin Classics, 2007, bk. 3, l. 830.

Much learning does not teach understanding.

Heraclitus

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Topic

Education vs. wisdom Education Wisdom

Author

Heraclitus

Medium

Presocratic fragment Fragment

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

Greek

Time

6th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Heraclitus. Fragments. 5th century BC, DK B40.

Current Citation

Heraclitus. Fragments, translated by Brooks Haxton. Penguin Classics, 2003.

They were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.

Acts 2:4

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Holy Spirit

Source

Book of Acts The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Greek

Time

62 60s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

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Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Acts 2:4).

One principle must make the universe a single complex living creature, one from all.

Plotinus

Enneads

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Topic

Monism The universe

Author

Plotinus

Source

Enneads

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

Greek

Time

270 270s 3rd century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Plotinus. The Six Enneads. c. 270, bk. 2, treatise 3.

Current Citation

Plotinus. The Enneads, edited by Lloyd P. Gerson, translated by George Boys-Stones, et. al. Cambridge University Press, 2018, bk. 2, treatise 3.

And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.

Ephesians 6:4

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Raising kids Parents and children

Source

Ephesians The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Statement Type

Orders and commands

Language

Greek

Time

62 60s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

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Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Ephesians 6:4).

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

Hillel the Elder

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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."

Far be it from God, that he should do wickedness; and from the Almighty, that he should commit iniquity.

Job 34:10

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Nature of God God

Speaker

Elihu

Source

Book of Job The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Hebrew

Time

500 BC 500s BC 6th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

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Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Job 34:10).

Except the Lord build the house, they labor in vain that build it: except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.

Psalm 127:1

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God is in control

Source

Psalms The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Hebrew

Time

450 BC 450s BC 5th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

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Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Psalm 127:1).

No man loves like him that's growing old.

Sophocles

Acrisius

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Aging

Author

Sophocles

Source

Acrisius

Medium

Play

Genre

Greek tragedy Tragedy (play)

Language

Greek

Time

400 BC 400s BC 5th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

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Citation

Sophocles. Acrisius. 5th century BC, fragment 64.

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

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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.