Whom the gods love dies young.

ὃν οἱ θεοὶ φιλοῦσιν ἀποθνῄσκει νέος

Menander

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Topic

Dying young Youth Fate

Author

Menander

Medium

Fragment

Genre

Philosophical literature

Statement Type

Paradox

Language

Greek

Time

290 BC 290s BC 3rd century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Occupation

Playwright Writer

From

Greece Europe Ancient Greece

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Original Citation

Menander. "Dis Exapaton [The Double Deceiver]." Plays and Fragments. c. 290 BC.

Current Citation

Menander. "Twice a Swindler (Dis Exapaton)." Plays and Fragments, translated by Maurice Balme. Oxford University Press, 2008.

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Ancient times were the youth of the world.

Francis Bacon

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Topic
The ancient world Youth The past

Author

Francis Bacon
Source
The Advancement of Learning
Genre
Philosophical literature
Language
Latin
Time
1605 1600s 17th century
Era
European Renaissance
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Original Citation

Bacon, Francis. The Advancement of Learning. London: Oxford: Rob Youn and Ed Forrest, 1605, bk. 1, pt. 5, no. 1.

Current Citation

Bacon, Francis. "The Advancement of Learning." Francis Bacon: The Major Works, edited by Brian Vickers. Oxford University Press, 2008, bk. 1, pt. 5, no. 1.

Another quote from Classical antiquity

And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

Genesis 6:5

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Topic
Human nature Sin Noah's flood
Source
Genesis The Bible
Medium
Scripture
Genre
Religious literature
Language
Hebrew
Time
1405 BC 1400s BC 15th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 3
Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Genesis 6:5).

Another quote originally in Greek

The beginning is the most important part of the work.

Socrates

Quoted in Republic, by Plato

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Topic
Getting started
Speaker
Socrates

Author

Plato
Source
Republic
Medium
Philosophical dialogue Dialogue
Genre
Philosophical literature
Language
Greek
Time
375 BC 370s BC 4th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
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Original Citation

Socrates. Quoted in Πολιτεία [Republic], written by Plato. c. 375 BCE.

Current Citation

Socrates. Quoted in Republic, written by Plato, translated by Desmond Lee. Penguin Classics, 2007.

Another quote of the following type Paradox

He who binds to himself a joy
Does the winged life destroy;
But he who kisses the joy as it flies
Lives in eternity's sunrise.

William Blake

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Topic
Letting go

Author

William Blake
Medium
Poem
Statement Type
Paradox
Language
English
Time
1792 1790s 18th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Blake, William. Poem written in his notebook. c. 1792.

Current Citation

Blake, William. "Eternity." William Blake: Selected Poems, edited by Nicholas Shrimpton. Oxford University Press, 2019.