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In every thing give thanks.

Apostle Paul

1st Thessalonians 5:18

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Topic

Gratitude

Author

Apostle Paul

Source

1st Thessalonians The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Statement Type

Orders and commands

Language

Greek

Time

51 50s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (1st Thessalonians 5:18).

The human features and countenance, although composed of but some ten parts or little more, are so fashioned that among so many thousands of men there are no two in existence who cannot be distinguished from one another.

Pliny the Elder

Naturalis Historia

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Topic

Human diversity

Author

Pliny the Elder

Source

Naturalis Historia

Genre

Scientific literature

Language

Latin

Time

77 70s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Pliny the Elder. Historia Naturalis [Natural History]. 77 AD, bk. 7.

Current Citation

Pliny the Elder. Natural History: A Selection, translated by John F. Healy. Penguin Classics, 1991, bk. 7.

Happiness and freedom begin with a clear understanding of one principle: Some things are within our control, and some things are not.

Epictetus

The Enchiridion

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Topic

Happiness Letting go

Author

Epictetus

Source

The Enchiridion

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

Greek

Time

135 130s 2nd century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Epictetus. Ἐγχειρίδιον Ἐπικτήτου, Enkheirídion Epiktḗtou [Enchiridion of Epictetus]. c. 125 CE, ch. 1.

Current Citation

Epictetus. Enchiridion, translated by George Long. Dover Publications, 2004, ch. 1.

Not bound to swear allegiance to any master, wherever the wind takes me I travel as a visitor.

Horace

Epistles

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Topic

Wandering Travel Freedom

Author

Horace

Source

Epistles

Medium

Poem

Language

Latin

Time

20 BC 20s BC 1st century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

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

Current Citation

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

Then Peter came to Him and said, "Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Up to seven times?" Jesus said to him, "I do not say to you, up to seven times, but up to seventy times seven."

Matthew 18:21-22

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Topic

Forgiveness

Source

Gospel of Matthew The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Statement Type

Question

Language

Greek

Time

60 60s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Matthew 18:21-22).

Lazarus, come forth.

Jesus

John 11:43

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Topic

Miracles Resurrection

Speaker

Jesus

Source

Gospel of John The Bible

Medium

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 11:43).

Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap.

Apostle Paul

Galatians 6:7

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Actions have consequences

Author

Apostle Paul

Source

Galatians The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Statement Type

Proverbs, aphorisms and adages

Language

Greek

Time

50 50s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Galatians 6:7).

If I have all faith so as to remove mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. And if I give away all my possessions to charity, and if I surrender my body so that I may glory, but do not have love, it does me no good.

Apostle Paul

1st Corinthians 13:2-3

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Topic

Love

Author

Apostle Paul

Source

1st Corinthians The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Greek

Time

55 50s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible: New American Standard Bible. The Lockman Foundation, 1971. (1st Corinthians 13:2-3).

Do not let your deeds belie your words, lest when you speak in church someone may say to himself, "Why do you not practice what you preach?"

St. Jerome

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Topic

Hypocrisy Words vs. actions

Author

St. Jerome

Medium

Letter

Language

Latin

Time

394 390s 4th century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 1

Original Citation

Saint Jerome. Letter to Nepotian. c. 394, sect. 7.

Current Citation

Saint Jerome. "Letter LII." Select Letters of Saint Jerome. Aeterna Press, 2015, sect. 7.

He is a fool who leaves things close at hand to follow what is out of reach.

Plutarch

Moralia

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Topic

Grass is always greener Seeking happiness Seeking Foolishness

Author

Plutarch

Source

On Talkativeness Moralia

Medium

Essay

Language

Greek

Time

2nd century BC

Authentication Score 2

Citation

Plutarch. "Περὶ ἀδολεσχίας [On Talkativeness]." Ἠθικά Ethika [Moralia]. c. 100 AD.

The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath.

Jesus

Mark 2:27

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Topic

Sabbath

Speaker

Jesus

Source

Gospel of Mark 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. (Mark 2:27).

Do not make My Father’s house a house of merchandise!

Jesus

John 2:16

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Topic

God and mammon

Speaker

Jesus

Source

Gospel of John The Bible

Medium

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 2:16).

The Roman world is falling, yet we hold our heads erect instead of bowing our necks.

St. Jerome

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Topic

Roman empire Societal collapse Decline of civilization

Author

St. Jerome

Medium

Letter

Language

Latin

Time

396 390s 4th century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Saint Jerome. Letter to Heliodorus. c. 396, sect. 16.

Current Citation

Saint Jerome. "Letter LX." Select Letters of Saint Jerome. Aeterna Press, 2015, sect. 16.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Jesus

Matthew 7:1

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Topic

Judging others 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: The King James Version. 1611. (Matthew 7:1).

Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen.

Jesus

Matthew 28:19-20

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Topic

Evangelism

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: The King James Version. 1611. (Matthew 28:19-20).

An object in possession seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit.

Pliny the Younger

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The chase Possessions

Author

Pliny the Younger

Medium

Letter

Language

Latin

Time

99 90s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Pliny the Younger. Epistulae [Letters]. c. 1st century, bk. 2, no. 15.

Current Citation

Pliny the Younger. Complete Letters, translated by P. G. Walsh. Oxford University Press, 2009, bk. 2, no. 15.

He is not poor who has enough of things to use. If it is well with your belly, chest and feet, the wealth of kings can give you nothing more.

Horace

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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 12.

Current Citation

Horace. "Epistles." Satires and Epistles, translated by John Davie. Oxford University Press, 2011, bk. 1, epistle 12.

What do the ravages of time not injure? Our parents' age (worse than our grandparents') has produced us, more worthless still, who will soon give rise to a yet more vicious generation.

Horace

Odes

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Topic

Kids these days Effects of time Things are getting worse

Author

Horace

Source

Odes

Medium

Poem

Statement Type

Question

Language

Latin

Time

23 BC 20s BC 1st century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Horace. Carmina [Odes]. 23 BC, bk. 3, no. 6.

Current Citation

Horace. "Odes." The Complete Odes and Epodes, translated by David West. Oxford University Press, 2008, bk. 3, no. 6.

Physician, heal thyself.

Jesus

Luke 4:23

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Speaker

Jesus

Source

Gospel of Luke The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Statement Type

Orders and commands

Language

Greek

Time

61 60s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Luke 4:23).

If you had faith like a grain of mustard seed, you could say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea,’ and it would obey you.

Jesus

Luke 17:6

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Topic

Faith

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 17:6).