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A woman's vows I write upon the wave.

Sophocles

Unknown drama

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Sophocles. Unnamed drama. 5th century BC, fragment 694.

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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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Aristophanes. Ὄρνιθες [Birds]. c. 414, Dionysia, Athens, Greece.

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Aristophanes. "Birds." Aristophanes: The Complete Plays, translated by Paul Roche. New American Library/Berkley, 2005.

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Anacharsis. Quoted in "Solon." Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans. c. 120.

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Anacharsis. Quoted in "Solon." Greek Lives, written by Plutarch, translated by Robin Waterfield. Oxford University Press, 2009.

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

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Herodotus. Ἱστορίαι [Histories]. c. 430 BC, bk. 9. sect. 16.

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Herodotus. The Histories, translated by Robin Waterfield. Oxford University Press, 2008, bk. 9, sect. 16.

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Herodotus. Ἱστορίαι [Histories]. c. 430 BC, bk. 1, sect. 87.

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Herodotus. The Histories, translated by Robin Waterfield. Oxford University Press, 2008, bk. 1, sect. 87.

Mercy triumphs over judgment.

James 2:13

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The Holy Bible, New International Version. International Bible Society, 1978. (James 2:13).

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Thucydides. The History of the Peloponnesian War. c. 431 BC, bk. 5.

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Thucydides. The Peloponnesian War, translated by Martin Hammond. Oxford University Press, 2009, bk. 5.

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (1st Peter 5:8).

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Democritus. c. 370 BC, fragment 198.

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Matthew 18:3).

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Menander. The Brothers in Love. c. 3rd century BC, fragment 508.

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

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

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Herodotus. Ἱστορίαι [Histories]. c. 430 BC, bk. 8, ch. 98.

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Herodotus. The Histories, translated by Robin Waterfield. Oxford University Press, 2008, bk. 8, ch. 98.

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Plutarch. "Πῶς ἄν τις διακρίνοιε τὸν κόλακα τοῦ φίλου [How to Tell a Flatterer from a Friend]." Ἠθικά Ethika [Moralia]. c. 100 AD.

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Plutarch. "How to Distinguish a Flatterer from a Friend." Essays. Penguin Classics, 1993.

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Aeschylus. Agamemnon. 458 BCE, The Dionysia, Athens, Greece.

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Aeschylus. "Agamemnon." The Oresteia: Agamemnon; The Libation Bearers; The Eumenides, edited and translated by Robert Fagles. Penguin Classics, 1984.

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Matthew 19:21).

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Pericles. Quoted in The History of the Peloponnesian War. c. 431 BC, bk. 2.

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Pericles. Quoted in The Peloponnesian War, translated by Martin Hammond. Oxford University Press, 2009, bk. 2.