All our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf.

וַנְּהִ֤י כַטָּמֵא֙ כֻּלָּ֔נוּ וּכְבֶ֥גֶד עִדִּ֖ים כָּל־צִדְקֹתֵ֑ינוּ וַנָּ֤בֶל כֶּֽעָלֶה֙

Isaiah 64:6

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Ephemeral nature of life

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Hebrew

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681 BC 680s BC 7th century BC

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Classical antiquity

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Isaiah 64:6).

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Another quote about Ephemeral nature of life

As for man, his days are like grass; As a flower of the field, so he flourishes.
For the wind passes over it, and it is gone, And its place remembers it no more.

Psalm 103:15-16

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Ephemeral nature of life Shortness of life The human condition
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Scripture
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Religious literature
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Metaphor, analogy and simile
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Hebrew
Time
450 BC 450s BC 5th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
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Citation

The Holy Bible, New King James Version. Thomas Nelson, 1982. (Psalm 103:15-16).

Another quote from the 7th century BC

As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country.

Proverbs 25:25

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Good news
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Time
686 BC 680s BC 7th century BC
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Classical antiquity
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Citation

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

Another quote from Classical antiquity

One more such victory over the Romans and we are lost.

Pyrrhus

Quoted in Plutarch's Lives, by Plutarch

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Pyrrhic victory Victory
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Pyrrhus

Author

Plutarch
Source
Plutarch's Lives
Genre
Biography
Statement Type
Paradox Prophecies and predictions
Language
Greek
Time
279 BC 270s BC 3rd century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Pyrrhus. Quoted in "Pyrrhus." Parallel Lives by Plutarch. c. 2nd century BC, ch. 21, sect. 9.

Current Citation

Pyrrhus. Quoted in "Pyrrhus." Parallel Lives by Plutarch. Oxford University Press, 2009, ch. 21, sect. 9.

Another quote originally in Hebrew

He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.

Proverbs 13:20

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Positive influences Negative influences Influences
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Proverbs The Bible
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Religious literature
Language
Hebrew
Time
686 BC 680s BC 7th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 3
Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Proverbs 13:20).