He who has begun has half done. Dare to be wise; begin!

dimidium facti qui coepit habet; sapere aude;

Horace

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Topic

Getting started

Author

Horace

Source

Epistles 1

Medium

Letter

Statement Type

Advice

Language

Latin

Time

20 BC 20s 1st century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Occupation

Poet Writer

From

Italy Europe Roman Empire

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Horace. Epistularum liber primus [First Book of Letters]. 20 BC, bk. 1, epistle 2.

Current Citation

Horace. "Epistles." Satires and Epistles, translated by John Davie. Oxford University Press, 2011, bk. 1, epistle 2.

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Another quote by Horace

I have erected a monument more lasting than bronze.

Horace

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Topic
Immortality through art Artistic legacy Art Poetry

Author

Horace
Source
Odes (Horace)
Medium
Poem
Statement Type
Boast
Language
Latin
Time
23 BC 20s BC 1st century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Horace. Carmina [Odes]. 23 BC, bk. 3, no. 30.

Current Citation

Horace. "Odes." The Complete Odes and Epodes, translated by David West. Oxford University Press, 2008, bk, 3, no. 30.

Another quote from Classical antiquity

One more such victory over the Romans and we are lost.

Pyrrhus

Quoted in Plutarch's Lives, by Plutarch

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Topic
Pyrrhic victory Victory
Speaker
Pyrrhus

Author

Plutarch
Source
Plutarch's Lives
Genre
Biography
Statement Type
Paradox Prophecies and predictions
Language
Greek
Time
279 BC 270s BC 3rd century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Pyrrhus. Quoted in "Pyrrhus." Parallel Lives by Plutarch. c. 2nd century BC, ch. 21, sect. 9.

Current Citation

Pyrrhus. Quoted in "Pyrrhus." Parallel Lives by Plutarch. Oxford University Press, 2009, ch. 21, sect. 9.

Another quote originally in Latin

Give me chastity and continency—but not yet!

St. Augustine

Confessions

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Topic
Chastity Sexual morality Self-control Sex

Author

St. Augustine
Source
Confessions
Genre
Autobiography and memoir
Language
Latin
Time
398 390s 4th century
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 1
Original Citation

Augustine of Hippo. Confessiones [Confessions]. c. 398, bk. 8, ch. 7.

Current Citation

Augustine of Hippo. Confessions, translated by R. S. Pine-Coffin. Penguin Classics, 1961, bk. 8, ch. 7.

Another quote of the following type Advice

Stay hungry, stay foolish.

Steve Jobs

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Topic
Following your heart Curiosity Exploration
Speaker
Steve Jobs
Source
2005 Stanford commencement address
Medium
Speech
Genre
Commencement address
Statement Type
Advice
Language
English
Time
1974 1970s 20th century
Authentication Score 0
Citation

Brand, Stewart. "Whole Earth Epilog." Whole Earth Catalog, Oct. 1974.