Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it.

מַ֣יִם רַבִּ֗ים לֹ֤א יֽוּכְלוּ֙ לְכַבֹּ֣ות אֶת־הָֽאַהֲבָ֔ה וּנְהָרֹ֖ות לֹ֣א יִשְׁטְפ֑וּהָ

Song of Solomon 8:7

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Nature of love Love

Source

Song of Solomon The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

Hebrew

Time

1000 BC 1000s BC 11th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

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Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Song of Solomon 8:7).

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Proust, Marcel. Sodom and Gomorrah. Paris: Grasset/Gallimard, 1921-1922.

Current Citation

Proust, Marcel. Sodom and Gomorrah, translated by John Sturrock. Penguin Classics, 2005.

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Philippians 4:7

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Apostle Paul
Source
Philippians The Bible
Medium
Scripture
Genre
Religious literature
Language
Greek
Time
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Era
Classical antiquity
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Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Philippians 4:7).

Another quote originally in Hebrew

The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God endures forever.

Isaiah 40:8

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Isaiah The Bible
Medium
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Genre
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Language
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Time
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Era
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Authentication Score 3
Citation

The Holy Bible, New International Version. International Bible Society, 1978. (Isaiah 40:8).

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And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.

Elizabeth Appell

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Facing one's fears Personal growth

Author

Elizabeth Appell
Statement Type
Metaphor, analogy and simile
Language
English
Time
1979 1970s 20th century
Authentication Score 1
Citation

Appell, Elizabeth. “Risk.” John F Kennedy University Newsletter, Jan. 1979.