Virtue extends our days: he lives two lives who relives his past with pleasure.

Ampliat aetatis spatium sibi vir bonus. Hoc est
Vivere bis vita posse priore frui.

Martial

Epigrams

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Topic

Memories

Author

Martial

Source

Epigrams

Medium

Epigram

Language

Latin

Time

103 100s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

Occupation

Poet Writer

From

Spain Europe

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Original Citation

Martial. Epigrammata [Epigrams]. c. 102 AD, bk. 10, no. 23.

Current Citation

Martial. Epigrams, translated by Gideon Nisbet. Oxford University Press, 2015, bk. 10, no. 34.

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Matthew 25:40

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Topic
Serving others
Speaker
Jesus
Source
Gospel of Matthew The Bible
Medium
Scripture
Genre
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Language
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Time
60 60s 1st century
Era
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Authentication Score 3
Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Matthew 25:40).

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I found Rome a city of bricks and left it a city of marble.

Caesar Augustus

Quoted in Lives of the Caesars, by Suetonius

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Topic
Rome
Speaker
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Author

Suetonius
Source
Lives of the Caesars
Medium
Biography
Genre
Historical literature
Statement Type
Boast
Language
Latin
Time
121 120s 2nd century
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Augustus, Caesar. Quoted in De vita Caesarum [About the Life of the Caesars], written by Suetonius. c. 121.

Current Citation

Augustus, Caesar. Quoted in The Lives of the Caesars, written by Suetonius, translated by Catharine Edwards. Oxford University Press, 2009.