Dripping water hollows out a stone, a ring is worn away by use.

Gutta cavat lapidem, consumitur anulus usu.

Ovid

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Topic

One step at a time Persistence

Author

Ovid

Medium

Letter

Statement Type

Proverbs, aphorisms and adages

Language

Latin

Time

18 10s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

Occupation

Poet Writer

From

Italy Europe Roman Empire

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Original Citation

Ovid. "To Albinovanus: The Sixth Summer." Epistulae ex Ponto. 1st century CE, bk. 4, no. 10, l. 5.

Current Citation

Oivd. "Ex Ponto." Triste; Ex Ponto, translated by Arthur Leslie Wheeler, edited by G. P. Goold. Harvard University Press, 1988.

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Time, the devourer of all things.

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Author

Ovid
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Medium
Poem
Statement Type
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Language
Latin
Time
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Era
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Original Citation

Ovid. Metamorphōsēs [Metamorphoses]. c. 8 CE, bk. 15, l. 234.

Current Citation

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Be still, and know that I am God.

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Stillness Meditation God
Source
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Medium
Scripture
Genre
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Statement Type
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Language
Hebrew
Time
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Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 3
Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Psalm 46:10).

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There cannot be salvation for any, except in the Church.

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Author

St. Cyprian
Medium
Letter
Genre
Religious literature
Language
Latin
Time
256 250s 3rd century
Era
Classical antiquity
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Citation

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The apparel oft proclaims the man.

William Shakespeare

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Personal brand Image Clothes make the man Clothing
Speaker
Lord Polonius

Author

William Shakespeare
Source
Hamlet
Medium
Play
Genre
Tragedy (play)
Statement Type
Proverbs, aphorisms and adages
Language
English
Time
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Era
European Renaissance
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

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Current Citation

Shakespeare, William. "Hamlet." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, act 1, sc. 3.