A fickle and changeable thing always is woman.

Varium et muabile semper femina.

Virgil

Aeneid

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Topic

Nature of women Women

Author

Virgil

Source

Aeneid

Medium

Poem

Genre

Epic poem

Language

Latin

Time

19 BC 10s BC 1st century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Occupation

Poet Writer

From

Italy Europe

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Original Citation

Virgil. Aenē̆is [Aeneid]. 19 BC, bk. 4.

Current Citation

Virgil. The Aeneid, translated by Robert Fagles. Penguin Classics, 2010, bk. 4.

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What the fuck do women want? I know what you want: everything.

Chris Rock

Bigger & Blacker

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Topic
What women want Women
Speaker
Chris Rock
Source
Bigger & Blacker
Medium
Comedy special
Genre
Comedy (stand up)
Language
English
Time
1999 1990s 20th century
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Citation

Rock, Chris. Bigger & Blacker. HBO, 10 July 1999.

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I have erected a monument more lasting than bronze.

Horace

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Topic
Immortality through art Artistic legacy Art Poetry

Author

Horace
Source
Odes (Horace)
Medium
Poem
Statement Type
Boast
Language
Latin
Time
23 BC 20s BC 1st century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Horace. Carmina [Odes]. 23 BC, bk. 3, no. 30.

Current Citation

Horace. "Odes." The Complete Odes and Epodes, translated by David West. Oxford University Press, 2008, bk, 3, no. 30.

Another quote originally in Latin

Finally we shall place the Sun himself at the center of the Universe. All this is suggested by the systematic procession of events and the harmony of the whole Universe, if we only face the facts, as they say, "with both eyes open."

Nicolaus Copernicus

On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres

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Scientific progress

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Nicolaus Copernicus
Source
On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres
Genre
Scientific literature
Language
Latin
Time
1543 1540s 16th century
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Original Citation

Copernicus, Nicolaus. De revolutionibus orbium coelestium [On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres]. Nuremburg: Johannes Petreius, 1543, bk. 1, ch. 9.

Current Citation

Copernicus, Nicolaus. On the Revolutions of Heavenly Spheres. Prometheus, 1995, bk. 1, ch. 9.