Things are not always what they seem.

Non semper ea sunt quae videntur.

Phaedrus

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Topic

Looks are deceiving Appearance vs. reality

Author

Phaedrus

Source

Fables

Medium

Fable and fairy tale

Language

Latin

Time

50 50s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

Occupation

Writer

From

Greece Europe

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Original Citation

Phaedrus. Fables. c. 50 AD, bk. 4, fable 2.

Current Citation

Phaedrus and Babrius. Fables, translated by Ben Edwin Perry. Harvard University Press, 1965, bk. 4, fable 2.

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Another quote about Appearance vs. reality

All that we see or seem
Is but a dream within a dream.

Edgar Allan Poe

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Topic
Appearance vs. reality Dreams

Author

Edgar Allan Poe
Source
A Dream within a Dream The Flag of Our Union
Medium
Poem Newspaper
Language
English
Time
1849 1840s 19th century
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Original Citation

Poe, Edgar Allan. "A Dream Within a Dream." The Flag of Our Union, 31 March 1849, I. 10.

Current Citation

Poe, Edgar Allan. "A Dream Within a Dream." Edgar Allen Poe: Poetry and Tales, edited by Patrick Quinn. Library of America, 1984, l. 10.

Another quote from Classical antiquity

The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God endures forever.

Isaiah 40:8

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Topic
God's word
Source
Isaiah The Bible
Medium
Scripture
Genre
Religious literature
Language
Hebrew
Time
681 BC 680s BC 7th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 3
Citation

The Holy Bible, New International Version. International Bible Society, 1978. (Isaiah 40:8).

Another quote originally in Latin

O happy race of mortals, if your hearts are ruled, as is the universe, by Love!

Boethius

The Consolation of Philosophy

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Topic
Love

Author

Boethius
Source
The Consolation of Philosophy
Genre
Philosophical literature
Language
Latin
Time
523 520s 6th century
Era
Middle Ages
Authentication Score 0
Original Citation

Boethius. De Consolatione Philosophiae [On the Consolation of Philosophy]. 524, bk. 2, poem 8.

Current Citation

Boethius. The Consolation of Philosophy, translated by Victor Watts. Penguin Classics, 1999, bk. 2, poem 8.