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Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's; and unto God the things that are God's.

Jesus

Matthew 22:21

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Church and state Religion and politics Taxes

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

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Citation

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

Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.

Jesus

Matthew 7:15

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Wolf in sheep's clothing False prophets Sermon on the Mount

Speaker

Jesus

Source

Gospel of Matthew The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Statement Type

Warning

Language

Greek

Time

60 60s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

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Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Matthew 7:15).

For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.

Jesus

John 3:17

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Salvation Jesus

Speaker

Jesus

Source

Gospel of John The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Greek

Time

90 90s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

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Citation

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

And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

Apostle Paul

Philippians 4:7

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Inner peace

Author

Apostle Paul

Source

Philippians 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. (Philippians 4:7).

Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake, For theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

Jesus

Matthew 5:10

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Religious persecution Beatitudes 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, New King James Version. Thomas Nelson, 1982. (Matthew 5:10).

And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.

Apostle Paul

Romans 8:28

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God is in control

Author

Apostle Paul

Source

Romans The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Greek

Time

56 50s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Romans 8:28).

And whatever you ask in prayer, you will receive, if you have faith.

Jesus

Matthew 21:22

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Prayer

Speaker

Jesus

Source

Gospel of Matthew The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Greek

Time

60 60s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

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

Men of Athens, I perceive that in all things you are very religious; or as I was passing through and considering the objects of your worship, I even found an altar with this inscription: TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Therefore, the One whom you worship without knowing, Him I proclaim to you.

Apostle Paul

Acts 17:22-23

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Athens and Jerusalem Evangelism God

Speaker

Apostle Paul

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 17:22-23).

the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night.

1st Thessalonians 5:2

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Judgment Day

Source

Colossians 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. (1st Thessalonians 5:2).

Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

Jesus

Matthew 22:37-39

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Loving God

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

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Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Matthew 22:37-39).

Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit.

Jesus

Luke 23:46

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Jesus's death The crucifixion

Speaker

Jesus

Source

Gospel of Luke The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Greek

Time

61 60s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

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Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Luke 23:46).

With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible.

Jesus

Matthew 19:26

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Omnipotence of God

Speaker

Jesus

Source

Gospel of Matthew The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Greek

Time

60 60s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

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Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Matthew 19:26).

I am not mad...but speak forth the words of truth and soberness.

Apostle Paul

Acts 26:25

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Topic

The Gospel

Speaker

Apostle Paul

Source

Acts The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Greek

Time

62 60s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

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Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Acts 26:25).

How simple and frugal a thing is happiness: a glass of wine, a roast chestnut, a wretched little brazier, the sound of the sea... All that is required to feel that here and now is happiness is a simple, frugal heart.

Nikos Kazantzakis

Zorba the Greek

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The little things Happiness

Author

Nikos Kazantzakis

Source

Zorba the Greek

Medium

Novel

Language

Greek

Time

1946 1940s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Kazantzakis, Nikos. Βίος και Πολιτεία του Αλέξη Ζορμπά [Life and State of Alexis Zorba]. Athens: Dimitrakou, 1946, ch. 7.

Current Citation

Kazantzakis, Nikos. Zorba the Greek, translated by Peter Bien. Simon & Schuster, 2014, ch. 7.

Bad herdsmen ruin their flocks.

Homer

The Odyssey

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Topic

Leadership Caring for others

Author

Homer

Source

The Odyssey

Medium

Poem

Genre

Epic poem

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

Greek

Time

700 BC 700s BC 8th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Homer. Ὀδύσσεια [Odyssey]. c. 710 BC, bk. 17, l. 246.

Current Citation

Homer. The Odyssey, edited by Bernard Knox, translated by Robert Fagles. Penguin Classics, 2006, bk. 17, l. 246.

We are quick to flare up, we races of men on the earth.

Homer

The Odyssey

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Temper Anger Human nature

Author

Homer

Source

The Odyssey

Medium

Poem

Genre

Epic poem

Language

Greek

Time

700 BC 700s BC 8th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Homer. Ὀδύσσεια [Odyssey]. c. 710 BC, bk. 7, l. 307.

Current Citation

Homer. The Odyssey, edited by Bernard Knox, translated by Robert Fagles. Penguin Classics, 2006, bk. 7, l. 307.

The beginning is the most important part of the work.

Socrates

Quoted in Republic, by Plato

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Topic

Getting started

Speaker

Socrates

Author

Plato

Source

Republic

Medium

Philosophical dialogue Dialogue

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

Greek

Time

375 BC 370s BC 4th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Socrates. Quoted in Πολιτεία [Republic], written by Plato. c. 375 BCE.

Current Citation

Socrates. Quoted in Republic, written by Plato, translated by Desmond Lee. Penguin Classics, 2007.

How many things I can do without!

Socrates

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

On looking at a multitude of goods exposed for sale.

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Simple living Materialism

Speaker

Socrates

Author

Diogenes Laërtius

Source

Socrates The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers

Genre

Biography

Language

Greek

Time

399 BC 390s BC 4th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

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Original Citation

Socrates. Quoted in Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers, written by Diogenes Laertius. c. 240 AD, bk. 2, ch. 5.

Current Citation

Socrates. Quoted in The Lives of Eminent Philosophers, written by Diogenes Laërtius, translated by Pamela Mensch, edited by James Miller. Oxford University Press, 2018, bk. 2, ch. 5.

It is never right to do wrong or to requite wrong with wrong, or when we suffer evil to defend ourselves by doing evil in return.

Socrates

Quoted in Crito, by Plato

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Eye for an eye Retaliation Revenge Justice

Speaker

Socrates

Author

Plato

Source

Crito

Medium

Philosophical dialogue

Genre

Philosophical literature

Statement Type

Precepts and axioms

Language

Greek

Time

399 BC 390s BC 4th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Plato. Crito. 399 BCE.

Current Citation

Plato. "Crito." Plato: Euthyphro; Apology; Crito; Phaedo, translated by Christopher Emlyn-Jones and William Preddy. Harvard University Press, 2017.

Make war that we may live in peace.

Aristotle

The Nicomachean Ethics

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War and peace War Peace

Author

Aristotle

Source

The Nicomachean Ethics

Genre

Philosophical literature

Statement Type

Paradox

Language

Greek

Time

322 BC 320s BC 4th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Aristotle. Ἠθικὰ Νικομάχεια, Ēthika Nikomacheia [Nicomachean Ethics]. c. 322 BC.

Current Citation

Aristotle. Nicomachean Ethics, translated by Terence Irwin. Hackett Publishing, 2019.