Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring.

אַֽל־תִּ֭תְהַלֵּל בְּיֹ֣ום מָחָ֑ר כִּ֤י לֹא־תֵ֝דַ֗ע מַה־יֵּ֥לֶד יֹֽום׃

Proverbs 27:1

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Topic

Tomorrow The unknown The future

Source

Proverbs The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Statement Type

Orders and commands

Language

Hebrew

Time

686 BC 680s BC 7th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

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Citation

The Holy Bible, New International Version. International Bible Society, 1978. (Proverbs 27:1).

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Another quote about The future

Tomorrow is always fresh, with no mistakes in it.

Anne of Green Gables (film)

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New beginnings Clean slate Tomorrow The future
Speaker
Anne Shirley
Actor
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Anne of Green Gables (film)
Medium
Film
Genre
Coming of age (film) Coming of age
Language
English
Time
1985 1980s 20th century
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Anne of Green Gables. Directed by Kevin Sullivan. CBC, 1-2 Jan. 1985.

Another quote from the 7th century BC

My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:

Proverbs 6:20

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Scripture
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Language
Hebrew
Time
686 BC 680s BC 7th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 3
Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Proverbs 6:20).

Another quote from Classical antiquity

Where some people are very wealthy and others have nothing, the result will be either extreme democracy or absolute oligarchy, or despotism will come from either of those excesses.

Aristotle

Politics

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Economic inequality Decline of democracy Tyranny

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Aristotle
Source
Politics
Genre
Political literature Philosophical literature
Language
Greek
Time
350 BC 350s BC 4th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 1
Original Citation

Aristotle. Politics. 4th century BC, bk. 4.

Current Citation

Aristotle. Politics, translated by R. F. Stalley and Sir Ernest Barker. Oxford University Press, 2009, bk. 4.

Another quote originally in Hebrew

Be still, and know that I am God.

Psalm 46:10

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Stillness Meditation God
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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 of the following type Orders and commands

Terminate...with extreme prejudice.

Apocalypse Now

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War
Speaker
Civilian
Actor
Jerry Ziesmer
Source
Apocalypse Now
Medium
Film
Genre
Psychological drama (film) War (film) Psychological drama War
Statement Type
Orders and commands
Language
English
Time
1979 1970s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Apocolypse Now. Directed by Francis Ford Coppola, Omni Zoetrope, 1979.