For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night.

כִּ֤י אֶ֪לֶף שָׁנִ֡ים בְּֽעֵינֶ֗יךָ כְּיֹ֣ום אֶ֭תְמֹול כִּ֣י יַעֲבֹ֑ר וְאַשְׁמוּרָ֥ה בַלָּֽיְלָה׃

Psalm 90:4

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God and time Nature of time

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Religious literature

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Hebrew

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450 BC 450s BC 5th century BC

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Classical antiquity

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Psalm 90:4).

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Another quote from the 5th century BC

Wonder is the feeling of a philosopher, and philosophy begins in wonder.

Socrates

Quoted in Theaetetus, by Plato

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Curiosity Wonder Philosophy
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Socrates

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Plato
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Theaetetus
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Philosophical dialogue
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Greek
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400 BC 400s BC 5th century BC
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Classical antiquity
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Socrates. Quoted in Θεαίτητος [Theaetetus], written by Plato. c. 369 BC.

Current Citation

Socrates. Quoted in Theaetetus, written by Plato, translated by John McDowell. Oxford University Press, 2014.

Another quote from Classical antiquity

Put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground.

God

Exodus 3:5

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Holiness of God Sacred place
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God
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Exodus The Bible
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Scripture
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Religious literature
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Orders and commands
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Hebrew
Time
1405 BC 1400s BC 15th century BC
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Classical antiquity
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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Exocus 3:5).

Another quote originally in Hebrew

Then the Lord rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the Lord out of heaven.

Genesis 19:24

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Sodom and Gomorrah Divine punishment God's wrath
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Genesis The Bible
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Scripture
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Hebrew
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1405 BC 1400s BC 15th century BC
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Classical antiquity
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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Genesis 19:24).