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There is no salvation outside the Church.

Saint Cyprian

Letter to Jubaianus

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Salvation The Church

Author

Saint Cyprian

Source

Letter to Jubaianus

Medium

Letter

Language

Latin

Time

256 250s 3rd century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Saint Cyprian. Letter to Jubaianus, Concerning the Baptism of Heretics. c. 250.

Current Citation

Saint Cyprian. "Letter 73: Rebaptism: the Novatian Dimension." On the Church: Select Letters, translated by Allen Brent. St. Vladimir's Seminary Press, 2006.

When the stomach is full, it is easy to talk of fasting.

St. Jerome

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Topic

Hunger Perspective

Author

St. Jerome

Source

Letters of St. Jerome

Medium

Letter

Statement Type

Proverbs, aphorisms and adages

Language

Latin

Time

395 390s 4th century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 0

Citation

Saint Jerome. Letter to Paulinus. c. 395, sect. 2.

If you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, "Move from here to there," and it will move.

Jesus

Matthew 17:20

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Topic

Faith

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, New International Version. International Bible Society, 1978. (Matthew 17:20).

A friend is long sought, hardly found, and with difficulty kept.

St. Jerome

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Value of friendship Friendship Friends

Author

St. Jerome

Source

Letters of St. Jerome

Medium

Letter

Statement Type

Proverbs, aphorisms and adages

Language

Latin

Time

374 370s 4th century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 0

Citation

Saint Jerome. Letter to Rufinus the Monk. c. 374, sect. 6.

Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as you will.

Jesus

Matthew 26:39

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Dread Resignation Obedience

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 26:39).

Count it the greatest sin to prefer mere existence to honor, and for the sake of life to lose the reasons for living.

Juvenal

Satires

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Topic

Honor

Author

Juvenal

Source

Satires

Medium

Poem

Language

Latin

Time

127 120s 2nd century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 1

Original Citation

Juvenal. Satirae [Satires]. c. 127, satire 8.

Current Citation

Juvenal. The Satires, translated by Niall Rudd. Oxford University Press, 2008, satire 8.

The best ideas are common property.

Seneca the Younger

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Ideas Intellectual property

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.

A man who lives everywhere lives nowhere.

Martial

Epigrams

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Topic

Citizens of the world Rootedness Place

Author

Martial

Source

Epigrams

Medium

Epigram

Language

Latin

Time

103 100s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 1

Original Citation

Martial. Epigrammata [Epigrams]. c. 102 AD, bk. 7, no. 73.

Current Citation

Martial. Epigrams, translated by Gideon Nisbet. Oxford University Press, 2015, bk. 7, no. 73.

Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.

Apostle Peter

Acts 4:12

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Topic

Salvation

Speaker

Apostle Peter

Source

Book of Acts The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Greek

Time

62 60s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Acts 4:12).

The covetous man is ever in want.

Horace

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Acquisitiveness Envy Insatiable appetite

Author

Horace

Source

Epistles 1

Medium

Letter

Language

Latin

Time

20 BC 20s 1st century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Horace. Epistularum liber primus [First Book of Letters]. 20 BC, bk. 1, epistle 2.

Current Citation

Horace. "Epistles." Satires and Epistles, translated by John Davie. Oxford University Press, 2011, bk. 1, epistle 2.

Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.

Jesus

Matthew 18:3

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Faith like a child Jesus and children Faith

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 18:3).

The years as they pass plunder us of one thing after another.

Horace

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Ravages of time Effects of time Passage of time Time

Author

Horace

Source

Epistles 2

Medium

Letter

Language

Latin

Time

14 BC 10s BC 1st century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Horace. Epistularum liber secundus [Second Book of Letters]. 14 BC, bk. 2, epistle 2.

Current Citation

Horace. "Epistles." Satires and Epistles, translated by John Davie. Oxford University Press, 2011, bk. 2, epistle 2.

Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.

Jesus

Matthew 6:34

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Worry Tomorrow The future Sermon on the Mount

Speaker

Jesus

Source

Gospel of Matthew The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Statement Type

Orders and commands

Language

Greek

Time

60 60s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible, New International Version. International Bible Society, 1978. (Matthew 6:34).

You must help the weak and remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that He Himself said, "It is more blessed to give than to receive."

Apostle Paul

Acts 20:35

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Charity Giving Generosity

Speaker

Apostle Paul

Source

Book of Acts The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Statement Type

Orders and commands

Language

Greek

Time

62 60s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible: New American Standard Bible. The Lockman Foundation, 1971. (Acts 20:35).

If you want to be perfect, go, sell what you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow Me.

Jesus

Matthew 19:21

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Charity Poverty Salvation

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 19:21).

Christians are not born, but made.

St. Jerome

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Salvation Christians Christianity

Author

St. Jerome

Medium

Letter

Language

Latin

Time

403 400s 5th century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 1

Original Citation

Saint Jerome. Letter to Laeta. c. 403 A.D.

Current Citation

Saint Jerome. "Letter CVII: To Laeta." The Letters of Saint Jerome. Aeterna Press, 2016.

While we're talking, envious time is fleeing: seize the day, put no trust in the future.

Horace

Odes

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Carpe diem Wasting time Time

Author

Horace

Source

Odes

Medium

Poem

Statement Type

Advice

Language

Latin

Time

23 BC 20s BC 1st century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Horace. Carmina [Odes]. 23 BC, bk. 1, no. 11.

Current Citation

Horace. "Odes." The Complete Odes and Epodes, translated by David West. Oxford University Press, 2008, bk. 1, no. 11.

Love is not to be purchased, and affection has no price.

St. Jerome

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Value of love Love

Author

St. Jerome

Source

Letters of St. Jerome

Medium

Letter

Language

Latin

Time

374 370s 4th century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 0

Citation

Saint Jerome. Letter to Rufinus the Monk. c. 374, sect. 6.

A Roman divorced from his wife, being highly blamed by his friends, who demanded, "Was she not chaste? Was she not fair? Was she not fruitful? Holding out his shoe, asked them whether it was not new and well made. "Yet," added he, "none of you can tell where it pinches me."

Plutarch

Plutarch's Lives

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Challenges of marriage Marriage

Author

Plutarch

Source

Plutarch's Lives

Genre

Historical literature

Language

Greek

Time

119 110s 2nd century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Plutarch. "Aemilius Paulus." Βίοι Παράλληλοι [Parallel Lives]. c. 2nd century.

Current Citation

Plutarch. "Aemilius." Roman Lives: A Selection of Eight Roman Lives, translated by Robin Waterfield. Oxford University Press, 2009.

Mark how fleeting and paltry is the estate of man-yesterday in embryo, tomorrow a mummy or ashes. So for the hairsbreadth of time assigned to thee, live rationally, and part with life cheerfully, as drops the ripe olive, extolling the season that bore it and the tree that matured it.

Marcus Aurelius

Meditations

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Ephemeral nature of life

Author

Marcus Aurelius

Source

Meditations

Medium

Personal journal

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

Greek

Time

180 180s 2nd century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Aurelius, Marcus. Meditations. c. 180, bk. 4.

Current Citation

Aurelius, Marcus. Meditations, edited and translated by Martin Hammond. Penguin Classics, 2015, bk. 4.