Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!

הֹ֣וי הָאֹמְרִ֥ים לָרַ֛ע טֹ֖וב וְלַטֹּ֣וב רָ֑ע שָׂמִ֨ים חֹ֤שֶׁךְ לְאֹור֙ וְאֹ֣ור לְחֹ֔שֶׁךְ שָׂמִ֥ים מַ֛ר לְמָתֹ֖וק וּמָתֹ֥וק לְמָֽר׃ ס

Isaiah 5:20

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Good and evil Moral confusion Morality

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Isaiah The Bible

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Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Hebrew

Time

681 BC 680s BC 7th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

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Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Isaiah 5:20).

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Censorship is crucial for preserving morals but useless for restoring them.

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1762 1760s 18th century
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Rousseau, Jean-Jacques. Du contrat social ou Principes du droit politique [On the Social Contract or Principles of Political Law]. Amsterdam: Marc Michel Rey, 1762, bk. 4, ch. 7.

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A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.

Proverbs 17:17

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

Another quote from Classical antiquity

If a person knows not to which port he sails, no wind is favorable.

Seneca the Younger

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Goals Aimlessness

Author

Seneca the Younger
Source
Letters of Seneca the Younger
Medium
Letter
Statement Type
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Language
Latin
Time
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Era
Classical antiquity
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Seneca the Younger. Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium [Moral Letters to Lucilius]. c. 65 AD.

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Seneca, Lucius Annaeus. Letters on Ethics, translated by Margaret Graver and A. A. Long. University of Chicago Press, 2017.

Another quote originally in Hebrew

Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbor's.

God

Exodus 20:17

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God
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Exodus The Bible
Medium
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Genre
Religious literature
Statement Type
Orders and commands
Language
Hebrew
Time
1405 BC 1400s BC 15th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 3
Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Exodus 20:17).