Now I live in hope, but the end is in the hands of gods.

νῦν δ᾽ ἔλπομαι μέν, ἐν θεῷ γε μὰν τέλος:

Pindar

Olympian Odes

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God is in control

Author

Pindar

Source

Olympian Odes

Medium

Poem

Language

Greek

Time

464 BC 460s BC 5th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Occupation

Poet

From

Greece Europe Ancient Greece

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Original Citation

Pindar. Olympian Odes. c. 464 BC.

Current Citation

Pindar. The Complete Odes, translated by Anthony Verity. Oxford University Press, 2008.

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We are lovers of beauty without extravagance, and lovers of wisdom without unmanliness. Wealth is to us is not mere material for vainglory but an opportunity for achievement; and poverty we think it no disgrace to acknowledge but a real degradation to make no effort to overcome.

Pericles

Quoted in Funeral Oration, by Thucydides

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Golden mean
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Thucydides
Source
Funeral Oration History of the Peloponnesian War
Medium
Speech
Genre
Political speech Historical literature
Language
Greek
Time
430 BC 430s BC 5th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
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Thucydides. The History of the Peloponnesian War. c. 431 BC, bk. 2.

Current Citation

Thucydides. The Peloponnesian War, translated by Martin Hammond. Oxford University Press, 2009, bk. 2.

Another quote from Classical antiquity

The best political community is formed by citizens of the middle class.

Phocylides

Quoted in Politics, by Aristotle

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Middle class Political community Political theory
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Author

Aristotle
Source
Politics
Genre
Political literature Philosophical literature
Language
Greek
Time
350 BC 350s BC 4th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
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Phocylides. Quoted in Politics, written by Aristotle. 4th century BC, bk. 4.

Current Citation

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

Another quote originally in Greek

You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.

Jesus

Matthew 7:5

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Hypocrisy and religion Hypocrisy Judging others Sermon on the Mount
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Jesus
Source
Gospel of Matthew The Bible
Medium
Scripture
Genre
Religious literature
Statement Type
Orders and commands
Language
Greek
Time
60 60s 1st century
Era
Classical antiquity
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Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Matthew 7:5).