By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth.

עַל־מִשְׁכָּבִי֙ בַּלֵּילֹ֔ות בִּקַּ֕שְׁתִּי אֵ֥ת שֶׁאָהֲבָ֖ה

Song of Solomon 3:1

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Topic

Desire Sex Love

Source

Song of Solomon The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Hebrew

Time

965 BC 960s BC 10th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

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Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Song of Solomon 3:1).

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Another quote about Love

Love to faults is always blind,
Always is to joy inclin'd,
Lawless, wing'd, and unconfin'd,
And breaks all chains from every mind.

William Blake

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Power of love Being in love Love

Author

William Blake
Medium
Poem
Language
English
Time
1792 1790s 18th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Blake, William. Poem written in his notebook. c. 1792.

Current Citation

Blake, William. "Love to faults is always blind." William Blake: Selected Poems, edited by Nicholas Shrimpton. Oxford University Press, 2019.

Another quote from Classical antiquity

And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.

Genesis 22:2

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Sacrifice Parents and children
Source
Genesis The Bible
Medium
Scripture
Genre
Religious literature
Statement Type
Orders and commands
Language
Hebrew
Time
1405 BC 1400s BC 15th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 3
Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Genesis 22:2).

Another quote originally in Hebrew

I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.

Ecclesiastes 9:11

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Randomness Timing The human condition
Source
Ecclesiastes The Bible
Medium
Scripture
Genre
Religious literature
Statement Type
Proverbs, aphorisms and adages
Language
Hebrew
Time
931 BC 930s BC 10th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 3
Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Ecclesiastes 9:11).