Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you.

ἐγγίσατε τῷ Θεῷ, καὶ ἐγγισεῖ ὑμῖν.

James 4:8

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Closeness to God

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James The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Statement Type

Advice

Language

Greek

Time

49 40s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

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Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (James 4:8).

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It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.

Jesus

Mark 2:17

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Repentance Sinners
Speaker
Jesus
Source
Gospel of Mark The Bible
Medium
Scripture
Genre
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Language
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Time
60 60s 1st century
Era
Classical antiquity
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Citation

The Holy Bible, New International Version. International Bible Society, 1978. (Mark 2:17).

Another quote originally in Greek

For the one thing even God cannot do is change the past.

Agathon

Quoted in The Nicomachean Ethics, by Aristotle

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God's power God Changing the past The past
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Agathon

Author

Aristotle
Source
The Nicomachean Ethics
Genre
Philosophical literature
Language
Greek
Time
5th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
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Original Citation

Agathon. Quoted in Ἠθικὰ Νικομάχεια, Ēthika Nikomacheia [Nicomachean Ethics], written by Aristotle. c. 350 BC, bk. 6.

Current Citation

Agathon. Quoted in Nicomachean Ethics, written by Aristotle, translated by Terence Irwin. Hackett Publishing Company, 2019, bk. 6, ch. 2.

Another quote of the following type Advice

Ladies and gentlemen of the class of '97: Wear sunscreen. If I could offer you only one tip for the future, sunscreen would be it. The long-term benefits of sunscreen have been proved by scientists, whereas the rest of my advice has no basis more reliable than my own meandering experience. I will dispense this advice now...But trust me on the sunscreen.

Mary Schmich

Advice, like youth, probably just wasted on the young

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Advice

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Mary Schmich
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Advice, like youth, probably just wasted on the young Chicago Tribune
Medium
Newspaper
Statement Type
Advice
Language
English
Time
1997 1990s 20th century
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Citation

Schmich, Mary. "Advice, like youth, probably just wasted on the young." Chicago Tribune, 1 June 1997.