Every man is like the company he is wont to keep.

Euripides

Phoenix

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Topic

Influences Man as social animal

Author

Euripides

Source

Phoenix

Language

Greek

Time

400 BC 400s BC 5th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Occupation

Playwright Writer

From

Greece Europe Ancient Greece

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Citation

Euripides. Phoenix. 5th century BC, fragment 809.

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Please accept my resignation. I don't care to belong to any club that will accept me as a member.

Groucho Marx

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Topic
Social status Man as social animal

Author

Groucho Marx
Medium
Letter
Statement Type
Irony
Language
English
Time
1949 1940s 20th century
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Citation

Marx, Groucho. Letter to President of Hollywood Club. c. 1949.

Another quote from the 5th century BC

Be still, and know that I am God.

Psalm 46:10

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Stillness Meditation God
Source
Psalms The Bible
Medium
Scripture
Genre
Religious literature
Statement Type
Orders and commands
Language
Hebrew
Time
450 BC 450s BC 5th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 3
Citation

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

Another quote from Classical antiquity

And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, blessed and broke it, and gave it to the disciples and said, “Take, eat; this is My body.” Then He took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, “Drink from it, all of you. For this is My blood of the new covenant, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.

Jesus

Matthew 26:26-28

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Communion The Lord's Supper
Speaker
Jesus
Source
Gospel of Matthew The Bible
Medium
Scripture
Genre
Religious literature
Language
Greek
Time
60 60s 1st century
Era
Classical antiquity
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Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Matthew 26:26-28).

Another quote originally in Greek

One cannot step twice into the same river, for the waters are continually flowing on.

Heraclitus

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The only constant is change Change Rivers

Author

Heraclitus
Medium
Presocratic fragment Fragment
Genre
Philosophical literature
Statement Type
Paradox
Language
Greek
Time
5th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Heraclitus. Fragments. 5th century BC, DK B12.

Current Citation

Heraclitus. "Heraclitus of Ephesus." The First Philosophers: The Presocratics and Sophists, translated by Robin Waterfield. Oxford University Press, 2009, DK B12.