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Old to grow, but ever learning.

Solon

Quoted in Plutarch's Lives, by Plutarch

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Topic

Learning Wisdom Aging Old age

Speaker

Solon

Author

Plutarch

Source

Solon Plutarch's Lives

Genre

Historical literature

Language

Greek

Time

119 110s 2nd century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Plutarch. Βίοι Παράλληλοι [Parallel Lives]. Rome, 1470.

Many evil men are rich, and good men poor,
But we shall not exchange with them our excellence for riches.

Solon

Quoted in Plutarch's Lives, by Plutarch

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Topic

Virtue Wealth

Speaker

Solon

Author

Plutarch

Source

Solon Plutarch's Lives

Language

Greek

Time

560 BC 560s BC 6th century BC

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Solon. Quoted in "Solon." Parallel Lives by Plutarch. c. 2nd century BC, ch. 3.

Current Citation

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

Our policy is directed not against any country or doctrine but against hunger, poverty, desperation and chaos. Its purpose should be the revival of a working economy in the world so as to permit the emergence of political and social conditions in which free institutions can exist.

George C. Marshall

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Topic

Marshall Plan World War II

Speaker

George C. Marshall

Medium

Speech

Language

English

Time

1947 1940s 20th century

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Citation

Marshall, George Catlett. Address announcing the Marshall Plan. 5 June 1947, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.

The word "freedom" means for me not a point of departure but a genuine point of arrival. The point of departure is defined by the word "order." Freedom cannot exist without the concept of order.

Prince Metternich

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Topic

Ordered liberty Freedom Order Law and order

Author

Prince Metternich

Language

German

Time

1859 1850s 19th century

Authentication Score 1

Citation

Metternich, Klemens von. Mein Politisches Testament [My Political Testament]. c. 1880.