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In anger we should refrain from both speech and action.

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

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Pythagoras. Quoted in The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers, written by Diogenes Laërtius. c. 240 AD, bk. 8, ch. 1, sect. 23.

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Pythagoras. Quoted in The Lives of Eminent Philosophers, written by Diogenes Laërtius, translated by Pamela Mensch, edited by James Miller. Oxford University Press, 2018, bk. 8, ch. 1, sect. 23.

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There are vicissitudes in all things.

Terence

The Eunuch

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Terence. Eunuchus [The Eunuch]. 161 BC, Megalesian Games, Rome, Italy, act 2, sc. 2.

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Humor very often cuts the knot of serious questions more trenchantly and successfully than severity.

Horace

Satires

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Romulus. Quoted in Saturae [Satires], written by Horace. c. 35 BC, bk. 1.

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Romulus. Quoted in Satires and Epistles, written by Horace, translated by John Davie. Oxford University Press, 2011, bk. 1.

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I prefer to be unskilled rather than practised in the lore of foretelling ill.

Aeschylus

The Suppliants

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Aeschylus. Ἱκέτιδες, Hiketides [The Suppliants]. c. 455 BC.

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Well, my art of midwifery is in most respects like theirs; but differs, in that I attend men and not women, and I look after their souls when they are in labor, and not after their bodies: and the triumph of my art is in thoroughly examining whether the thought which the mind of the young man brings forth is a false idol or a noble and true birth.

Socrates

Quoted in Theaetetus, by Plato

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Socrates. Quoted in Θεαίτητος [Theaetetus], written by Plato. c. 369 BC.

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Socrates. Quoted in Theaetetus, written by Plato, translated by John McDowell. Oxford University Press, 2014.

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You have all the characteristics of a popular politician: a horrible voice, bad breeding and a vulgar manner.

Demosthenes

The Knights

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Aristophanes. Ἱππεῖς Hippeîs [The Knights]. 424 BC, Lenaia Festival, Athens, Greece.

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Aristophanes. "The Knights." The Birds and Other Plays, translated by Alan H. Sommerstein. Penguin Classics, 2003.

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Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?

Matthew 24:3

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Matthew 24:3).

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If any man hopes to do a deed without God's knowledge, he errs.

Pindar

Olympian Odes

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Pindar. Olympian Odes. c. 464 BC.

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Pindar. The Complete Odes, translated by Anthony Verity. Oxford University Press, 2008.

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O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out!

Apostle Paul

Romans 11:33

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Romans 11:33).

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Cease to ask what the morrow will bring forth, and set down as gain each day that Fortune grants.

Horace

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Horace. Carmina [Odes]. 23 BC, bk. 1, no. 9.

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Horace. "Odes." The Complete Odes and Epodes, translated by David West. Oxford University Press, 2008, bk. 1, no. 9.

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Beloved, let us love one another.

1st John 4:7

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (1st John 4:7).

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No man is happy who does not think himself so.

Publilius Syrus

Sententiae

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Publilius Syrus. Sententiae. c. 1st century BC.

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He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity.

Ecclesiastes 5:10

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Ecclesiastes 5:10).

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Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.

God

Joshua 1:9

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The Holy Bible, New International Version. International Bible Society, 1978. (Joshua 1:9).

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You cannot see My face; for no man shall see Me, and live.

God

Exodus 33:20

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The Holy Bible, New King James Version. Thomas Nelson, 1982. (Exodus 33:20).

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Anger always thinks it has power beyond its power.

Publilius Syrus

Sententiae

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Publilius Syrus. Sententiae. c. 1st century BC.

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The reason why we have two ears and only one mouth is that we may listen the more and talk the less.

Zeno

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

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Zeno. Quoted in The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers, written by Diogenes Laërtius. c. 240 AD, bk. 7, ch. 1, sect. 23.

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Zeno. Quoted in The Lives of Eminent Philosophers, written by Diogenes Laërtius, translated by Pamela Mensch, edited by James Miller. Oxford University Press, 2018, bk. 7, ch. 1, sect. 23.

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May the countryside and the gliding valley streams content me. Lost to fame, let me love river and woodland.

Virgil

Georgics

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Virgil. Georgica [Georgics]. c. 29 BCE, bk. 2.

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Virgil. "The Georgics." The Eclogues and The Georgics, translated by C. Day Lewis. Oxford University Press, 2009, bk. 2.

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To blow and swallow at the same moment is not easy.

Plautus

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Plautus, Titus Maccius. Mostellaria [The Ghost]. c. 193 BC, act 3, sc. 2.

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Plautus, Titus Maccius. "The Haunted House." Four Comedies: The Braggart Soldier; The Brothers Menaechmus; The Haunted House; The Pot of Gold, translated by Erich Segal. Oxford University Press, 2008, act 3, sc. 2.

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But now Christ is risen from the dead, and has become the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. For since by man came death, by Man also came the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ all shall be made alive.