Shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil?

גַּ֣ם אֶת־הַטֹּ֗וב נְקַבֵּל֙ מֵאֵ֣ת הָאֱלֹהִ֔ים וְאֶת־הָרָ֖ע לֹ֣א נְקַבֵּ֑ל

Job

Job 2:10

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Topic

Adversity Yin and yang

Speaker

Job

Source

Book of Job The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Statement Type

Question

Language

Hebrew

Time

500 BC 500s BC 6th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

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Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Job 2:10).

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Another quote about Adversity

What does not destroy me, makes me stronger.

Friedrich Nietzsche

Twilight of the Idols

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Resilience Overcoming adversity Adversity Character

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Friedrich Nietzsche
Source
Twilight of the Idols
Genre
Philosophical literature
Statement Type
Proverbs, aphorisms and adages
Language
German
Time
1889 1880s 19th century
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Nietzsche, Friedrich. Götzen-Dämmerung, oder, Wie man mit dem Hammer philosophiert [Twilight of the Idols, or, How to Philosophize with a Hammer]. 1889.

Current Citation

Nietzsche, Frederick. Twilight of the Idols and the Anti-Christ: or How to Philosophize with a Hammer, translated by Walter Kaufman and R. J. Hollingdale. Penguin Classics, 1990.

Another quote from the 6th century BC

Some say cavalry and others claim infantry or a fleet of long oars is the supreme sight on the black earth. I say it is the one you love.

Sappho

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Loved ones

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Sappho
Medium
Poem
Language
Greek
Time
570 BC 570s BC 6th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
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Sappho. Supreme Sight on the Black Earth. c. 570 BCE.

Current Citation

Sappho. The Complete Poems of Sappho, edited by Willis Barnstone. Shambhala Publications, 2009.

Another quote from Classical antiquity

And God saw that it was good.

Genesis 1:21

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Nature of the world Creation of the world Creation The world
Source
Genesis The Bible
Medium
Scripture
Genre
Religious literature
Language
Hebrew
Time
1405 BC 1400s BC 15th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
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Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Genesis 1:21).

Another quote originally in Hebrew

And the Lord God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat. And the Lord God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life.

Genesis 3:13-14

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Adam and Eve Original sin Temptation Snakes The devil
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Genesis The Bible
Medium
Scripture
Genre
Religious literature
Language
Hebrew
Time
1405 BC 1400s BC 15th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
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Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Genesis 3:13-14).

Another quote of the following type Question

How does it feel
To be on your own
With no direction home
A complete unknown
Like a rolling stone?

Bob Dylan

Like a Rolling Stone

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Alienation Lack of direction
Speaker
Bob Dylan
Source
Like a Rolling Stone Highway 61 Revisited
Medium
Song
Genre
Folk music Folk rock
Statement Type
Question
Language
English
Time
1965 1960s 20th century
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Citation

Dylan, Bob. "Like a Rolling Stone." Highway 61 Revisited. Columbia Records, 1965.