It was ordained at the beginning of the world that certain signs should prefigure certain events.

Sed ita a principio inchoatum esse mundum, ut certis rebus certa signa praecurrerent.

Cicero

Concerning Divination

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Predicting the future The future

Author

Cicero

Source

Concerning Divination

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

Latin

Time

44 BC 40s BC 1st century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Occupation

Philosopher Politician Writer

From

Italy Europe Roman Republic

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Citation

Cicero, Marcus Tullius. De Divinatione [Concerning Divination]. c. 44 BC, bk. 1, ch. 52, sect. 118.

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Lucius Cassius Longinus Ravilla

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Cicero
Source
Pro Milone
Statement Type
Question
Language
Latin
Time
80 BC 80s BC 1st century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
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Another quote about The future

If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face—for ever.

George Orwell

Nineteen Eighty-Four

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Dystopian future Totalitarianism The future
Speaker
O'Brien

Author

George Orwell
Source
Nineteen Eighty-Four
Medium
Novel
Genre
Dystopian fiction
Statement Type
Prophecies and predictions
Language
English
Time
1949 1940s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Orwell, George. Nineteen Eighty-Four. Secker & Warburg, 1949, pt. 3, ch. 3.

Another quote from Classical antiquity

Make war that we may live in peace.

Aristotle

The Nicomachean Ethics

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War and peace War Peace

Author

Aristotle
Source
The Nicomachean Ethics
Genre
Philosophical literature
Statement Type
Paradox
Language
Greek
Time
322 BC 320s BC 4th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Aristotle. Ἠθικὰ Νικομάχεια, Ēthika Nikomacheia [Nicomachean Ethics]. c. 322 BC.

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Aristotle. Nicomachean Ethics, translated by Terence Irwin. Hackett Publishing, 2019.

Another quote originally in Latin

He who would distinguish the true from the false must have an adequate idea of what is true and false.

Baruch Spinoza

Ethics

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Truth and falsehood

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Baruch Spinoza
Source
Ethics
Medium
Treatise
Genre
Philosophical literature
Language
Latin
Time
1677 1670s 17th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Spinoza, Baruch. Ethica, Ordine Geometrico Desmonstrata [Ethics, Demonstrated in Geometrical Order]. 1677, pt. 2, prop. 42, proof.

Current Citation

Spinoza, Benedict. Ethics, translated by Michael Silverthorne and Matthew J. Kinser. Cambridge University Press, 2018, pt. 2, prop. 42, proof.