Medicine for the soul.

The inscription over the library of the tomb complex of Ramses II.

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Topic

Libraries Books

Medium

Inscription

Language

Egyptian

Time

13th century BC

Authentication Score 2

Citation

Library inscription. Quoted in Library of History, by Diodorus Siculus, translated by C. H. Oldfather. Loeb Classical Library, 1933, bk. I, par. 49, l. 3. Originally quoted in Library of History, by Diodorus Siculus. c. 30 BC, bk. I, par. 49, l. 3.

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A book must be the axe for the frozen sea inside us.

Franz Kafka

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Topic
Self-discovery Power of literature Books

Author

Franz Kafka
Source
Letters of Franz Kafka
Medium
Letter
Statement Type
Metaphor, analogy and simile
Language
German
Time
1904 1900s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Kafka, Franz. Letter to Oskar Pollak. 27 Jan. 1904.

Current Citation

Kafka, Franz. Franz Kafka: Letters to Friends, Family, and Editors, translated by Richard and Clara Winston. Schocken, 1990.