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

Οὐ μαίνομαι … ἀλλὰ ἀληθείας καὶ σωφροσύνης ῥήματα ἀποφθέγγομαι.

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

Occupation

Apostle Early Christian Christian

From

Turkey Europe Roman Empire

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Citation

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

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Dripping water hollows out a stone, a ring is worn away by use.

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Topic
One step at a time Persistence

Author

Ovid
Medium
Letter
Statement Type
Proverbs, aphorisms and adages
Language
Latin
Time
18 10s 1st century
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Ovid. "To Albinovanus: The Sixth Summer." Epistulae ex Ponto. 1st century CE, bk. 4, no. 10, l. 5.

Current Citation

Oivd. "Ex Ponto." Triste; Ex Ponto, translated by Arthur Leslie Wheeler, edited by G. P. Goold. Harvard University Press, 1988.

Another quote originally in Greek

Where some people are very wealthy and others have nothing, the result will be either extreme democracy or absolute oligarchy, or despotism will come from either of those excesses.

Aristotle

Politics

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Topic
Economic inequality Decline of democracy Tyranny

Author

Aristotle
Source
Politics
Genre
Political literature Philosophical literature
Language
Greek
Time
350 BC 350s BC 4th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 1
Original Citation

Aristotle. Politics. 4th century BC, bk. 4.

Current Citation

Aristotle. Politics, translated by R. F. Stalley and Sir Ernest Barker. Oxford University Press, 2009, bk. 4.