Money alone sets all the world in motion.

Pecunia <una> regimen est rerum omnium.

Publilius Syrus

Sententiae

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Power of money Money

Author

Publilius Syrus

Source

Sententiae

Medium

Epigram

Statement Type

Precepts and axioms

Language

Latin

Time

43 BC 40s BC 1st century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Occupation

Writer

From

Turkey Europe

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Citation

Publilius Syrus. Sententiae. c. 1st century BC.

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Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Source
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Time
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Rousseau, Jean-Jacques. Discours sur l'economie politique [Discourse on Political Economy]. Encyclopédie, 1755.

Current Citation

Rousseau, Jean-Jacques. "Discourse on the Political Economy." The Basic Political Writings, translated by Donald A. Cress. Hackett, 2012.

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Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit.

Jesus

Luke 23:46

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Jesus
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Gospel of Luke The Bible
Medium
Scripture
Genre
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Era
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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Luke 23:46).

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Time, the devourer of all things.

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Effects of time Relentlessness of time Time

Author

Ovid
Source
Metamorphoses
Medium
Poem
Statement Type
Metaphor, analogy and simile
Language
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Time
8 0s 1st century
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 2
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Ovid. Metamorphōsēs [Metamorphoses]. c. 8 CE, bk. 15, l. 234.

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Ovid. Metamorphoses, translated by David Raeburn. Penguin Classics, 2004, bk. 15, l. 234.

Another quote of the following type Precepts and axioms

The end must justify the means.

Matthew Prior

Hans Carvel

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Moral theory Justifications and rationales

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Matthew Prior
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Hans Carvel
Medium
Poem
Statement Type
Precepts and axioms
Language
English
Time
1700 1700s 17th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Prior, Matthew. Hans Carvel. c. 1700.