The ape, vilest of beasts, how like to us.

Simia quam similis turpissuma bestia nobis!

Quintus Ennius

Quoted in On the Nature of the Gods, by Cicero

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Topic

Apes Primates Animals Man and animals

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Quintus Ennius

Author

Cicero

Source

On the Nature of the Gods

Medium

Essay

Language

Latin

Time

45 BC 40s BC 1st century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Occupation

Poet Writer

From

Italy Europe Roman Republic

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Original Citation

Quintus Ennius. Quoted in De Natura Deorum [On the Nature of the Gods], written by Cicero. c. 45 BC, bk. 1.

Current Citation

Quintus Ennius. Quoted in The Nature of the Gods, written by Cicero, translated by P. G. Walsh. Oxford University Press, 2008, bk. 1.

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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
Authentication Score 2
Citation

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Man and animals
Speaker
Konrad Lorenz
Language
English
Time
1965 1960s 20th century
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Citation

Lorenz, Konrad. Quoted in New York Times Magazine. 11 Apr. 1965.

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For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found.

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Prodigal son Forgiveness Reconciliation
Source
Gospel of Luke The Bible
Medium
Scripture
Genre
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Language
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Time
61 60s 1st century
Era
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Citation

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Rule of law Justice
Source
Magna Carta
Medium
Political charter
Genre
Political literature
Language
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Time
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Era
Middle Ages
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Original Citation

Magna Carta Libertatum [Great Charter of Freedoms]. 5 June 1215, clause 40.

Current Citation

Magna Carta, translated by David A. Carpenter. Penguin Classics, 2015, clause 40.