Classical antiquity

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Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart.

Ecclesiastes 11:9

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Youth

Source

Ecclesiastes The Bible

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Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Hebrew

Time

931 BC 930s BC 10th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Ecclesiastes 11:9).

And this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent.

Jesus

John 17:3

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Eternal life Knowing God

Speaker

Jesus

Source

Gospel of John The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Greek

Time

90 90s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (John 17:3).

For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.

Jesus

Matthew 6:14-15

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Forgiveness of sins Forgiveness Sermon on the Mount

Speaker

Jesus

Source

Gospel of Matthew The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Greek

Time

60 60s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Matthew 6:14-15).

Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven.

Jesus

Matthew 5:16

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Being a good example Sermon on the Mount

Speaker

Jesus

Source

Gospel of Matthew The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Greek

Time

60 60s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Matthew 5:16).

For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible.

Colossians 1:16

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Creation of the world

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Colossians The Bible

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Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Greek

Time

62 60s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Colossians 1:16).

Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.

Proverbs 17:28

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Silence is golden Tact and discretion

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Proverbs The Bible

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Scripture

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Religious literature

Language

Hebrew

Time

686 BC 680s BC 7th century BC

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Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Proverbs 17:28).

Now if you obey me fully and keep my covenant, then out of all nations you will be my treasured possession.

God

Exodus 19:5

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God's covenant The Jewish people Obedience

Speaker

God

Source

Exodus The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Hebrew

Time

1405 BC 1400s BC 15th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

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The Holy Bible, New International Version. International Bible Society, 1978. (Exodus 19:5).

When life is so burdensome, death has become of man a sought-after refuge.

Herodotus

Histories

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Death as a blessing Over it

Speaker

Artabanus

Author

Herodotus

Source

Histories

Genre

Historical literature

Language

Greek

Time

430 BC 430s BC 5th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Herodotus. Histories. c. 430 BC, bk. 7.

Current Citation

Herodotus. The Histories, translated by Robin Waterfield. Oxford University Press, 2008, bk. 7.

Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!

Isaiah 5:20

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Good and evil Moral confusion Morality

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Isaiah The Bible

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Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Hebrew

Time

681 BC 680s BC 7th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Isaiah 5:20).

Who knows but life be that which men call death, and death what men call life?

Euripides

Phrixus

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Topic

Life and death

Author

Euripides

Source

Phrixus

Language

Greek

Time

400 BC 400s BC 5th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 1

Citation

Euripides. Phrixus. 5th century BC, fragment 830.

The great wish of some is to avenge themselves on some particular enemy, the great wish of others to save their own pocket. Slow in assembling, they devote a very small fraction of the time to the consideration of any public object, most of it to the prosecution of their own objects. Meanwhile each fancies that no harm will come of his neglect, that it is the business of somebody else to look after this or that for him; and so, by the same notion being entertained by all separately, the common cause imperceptibly decays.

Thucydides

History of the Peloponnesian War

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Collective action problem

Author

Thucydides

Source

History of the Peloponnesian War

Genre

Historical literature

Language

Greek

Time

404 BC 400s BC 5th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Thucydides. The History of the Peloponnesian War. c. 431 BC, bk. 1.

Current Citation

Thucydides. The Peloponnesian War, translated by Martin Hammond. Oxford University Press, 2009, bk. 1.

And out of the ground the Lord God made every tree grow that is pleasant to the sight and good for food. The tree of life was also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

Genesis 2:9

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Trees Garden of Eden Gardens

Source

Genesis

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Hebrew

Time

1405 BC 1400s BC 15th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible: New King James Version. Thomas Nelson, 1982. (Genesis 2:9).

Here am I; send me.

Isaiah

Isaiah 6:8

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Topic

Volunteering

Speaker

Isaiah

Source

Isaiah The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Hebrew

Time

681 BC 680s BC 7th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Isaiah 6:8).

How vast a memory lovers have!

Ovid

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Love

Author

Ovid

Source

Sappho to Phaon The Heroides

Medium

Poem

Language

Latin

Time

8 0s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Ovid. "Sappho to Phaon." The Heroides [The Heroines]. 8 AD, no. 15, l. 43.

Current Citation

Ovid. "Sappho to Phaon." The Heroides, edited and translated by Harold Isbell. Penguin Classics, 1990, no. 15, l. 43.

A man who is always ready to believe what is told him will never do well.

Gaius Petronius

Satyricon

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Thinking for oneself Doubt and skepticism Credulity

Author

Gaius Petronius

Source

Satyricon

Medium

Novel

Language

Latin

Time

66 60s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Petronius. Satyricon, Satyricon liber [The Book of Satyrlike Adventures]. c. 1st century AD, sect. 43.

Current Citation

Petronius. "The Satyricon." The Satyricon and The Apocolocyntosis of the Divine Claudius, translated by J. P. Sullivan. Penguin Classics, 1986, sect. 43.

Judge not according to the appearance.

Jesus

John 7:24

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Topic

Judging others Appearance vs. reality

Speaker

Jesus

Source

Gospel of John The Bible

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Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Statement Type

Orders and commands

Language

Greek

Time

90 90s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (John 7:24).

When collating authorities I have found that the most professedly reliable and modern writers have copied the old authors word for word, without acknowledgement.

Pliny the Elder

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Plagiarism

Author

Pliny the Elder

Source

Historia Naturalis

Genre

Scientific literature

Language

Latin

Time

77 BC 70s BC 1st century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Pliny the Elder. Historia Naturalis [Natural History]. 77 AD, dedication.

Current Citation

Pliny the Elder. Natural History: A Selection, translated by John F. Healy. Penguin Classics, 1991, preface.

If anyone wishes to observe the works of nature, he should put his trust not in books of anatomy but in his own eyes.

Galen

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Nature Observation

Author

Galen

Source

On the Usefulness of the Parts of the Body

Genre

Scientific literature

Statement Type

Advice

Language

Greek

Time

175 170s 2nd century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Galen. De Usu Partium Corporis Humani [On the Usefulness of the Parts of the Body]. c. 175.

Current Citation

Galen. On the Usefulness of the Parts of the Body, translated by Margaret Tallmadge May. Vol. 1, Cornell University Press, 1968, p. 119.

If a man insisted always on being serious, and never allowed himself a bit of fun and relaxation, he would go mad or become unstable without knowing it.

Herodotus

Histories

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Taking it easy Having fun Being uptight

Speaker

Amasis

Author

Herodotus

Source

Histories

Genre

Historical literature

Language

Greek

Time

430 BC 430s BC 5th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Herodotus. Ἱστορίαι [Histories]. c. 430 BC, bk. 2, ch. 173.

Current Citation

Herodotus. The Histories, translated by Robin Waterfield. Oxford University Press, 2008, bk. 2, ch. 173.

And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it.

Genesis 28:12

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Angels

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Genesis The Bible

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Scripture

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Religious literature

Language

Hebrew

Time

1405 BC 1400s BC 15th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Genesis 28:12).