All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full.

כָּל־הַנְּחָלִים֙ הֹלְכִ֣ים אֶל־הַיָּ֔ם וְהַיָּ֖ם אֵינֶ֣נּוּ מָלֵ֑א

Ecclesiastes 1:7

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Topic

Ocean and sea

Source

Ecclesiastes The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Statement Type

Paradox

Language

Hebrew

Time

931 BC 930s BC 10th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Ecclesiastes 1:7).

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The voice of the sea is seductive; never ceasing, whispering, clamoring, murmuring, inviting the soul to wander for a spell in abysses of solitude; to lose itself in mazes of inward contemplation.

Kate Chopin

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Topic
Sound of water Ocean and sea

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Kate Chopin
Source
The Awakening
Medium
Novel
Language
English
Time
1899 1890s 19th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Chopin, Kate. The Awakening. Chicago and New York: Herbert S. Stone & Co., 1899, ch. 6.

Current Citation

Chopin, Kate. "The Awakening." The Awakening and Selected Stories. Penguin Classics, 2003, ch. 6.

Another quote from Classical antiquity

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

Ovid

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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 Hebrew

O give thanks unto the Lord; for he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever.

David

1st Chronicles 16:34

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Gratitude to God Gratitude
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David
Source
1st Chronicles The Bible
Medium
Scripture
Genre
Religious literature
Statement Type
Orders and commands
Language
Hebrew
Time
430 BC 430s BC 5th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 3
Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (1st Chronicles 16:34).

Another quote of the following type Paradox

I desire the things which will destroy me in the end.

Sylvia Plath

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Self-destruction Destructive impulses

Author

Sylvia Plath
Medium
Personal journal
Statement Type
Paradox
Language
English
Time
1951 1950s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Plath, Sylvia. The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath 1950-1962, edited by Karen V Kukil. Anchor Books, 2000. Originally a journal entry, 29 Mar. 1951.