For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out.

οὐδὲν γὰρ εἰσηνέγκαμεν εἰς τὸν κόσμον, ὅτι οὐδὲ ἐξενεγκεῖν τι δυνάμεθα·

1st Timothy 6:7

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Can't take it with you The human condition

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1st Timothy The Bible

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Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

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Greek

Time

64 60s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

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Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (1st Timothy 6:7).

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Another quote about The human condition

Imagine that human existence is defined by an Ache: the Ache of our not being, each of us, the center of the universe; of our desires forever outnumbering our means of satisfying them.

Jonathan Franzen

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The human condition Desire

Author

Jonathan Franzen
Source
Harper's Magazine
Medium
Essay
Language
English
Time
1996 1990s 20th century
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Original Citation

Franzen, Jonathan. "Perchance to Dream: In the Age of Images, a Reason to Write Novels." Harper's Magazine, Apr. 1996.

Current Citation

Franzen, Jonathan. "Why Bother?" How to Be Alone. Picador, 2002.

Another quote from Classical antiquity

If any would not work, neither should he eat.

2nd Thessalonians 3:10

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Freeloaders
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2nd Thessalonians The Bible
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Scripture
Genre
Religious literature
Language
Greek
Time
52 50s 1st century
Era
Classical antiquity
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Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (2nd Thessalonians 3:10).

Another quote originally in Greek

It is never right to do wrong or to requite wrong with wrong, or when we suffer evil to defend ourselves by doing evil in return.

Socrates

Quoted in Crito, by Plato

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Eye for an eye Retaliation Revenge Justice
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Socrates

Author

Plato
Source
Crito
Medium
Philosophical dialogue
Genre
Philosophical literature
Statement Type
Precepts and axioms
Language
Greek
Time
399 BC 390s BC 4th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
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Original Citation

Plato. Crito. 399 BCE.

Current Citation

Plato. "Crito." Plato: Euthyphro; Apology; Crito; Phaedo, translated by Christopher Emlyn-Jones and William Preddy. Harvard University Press, 2017.