Wit is educated insolence.

ἡ γὰρ εὐτραπελία πεπαιδευμένη ὕβρις ἐστίν.

Aristotle

Rhetoric

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Wit Being funny

Author

Aristotle

Source

Rhetoric

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

Greek

Time

322 BC 320s BC 4th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Occupation

Philosopher Writer

From

Greece Europe Ancient Greece

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Original Citation

Aristotle. Rhetoric. 322 BC, bk. 2, pt. 12, sect. 16.

Current Citation

Aristotle. The Art of Rhetoric, translated by Robin Waterfield. Oxford University Press, 2018, bk. 2, pt. 12, sect. 16.

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In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous.

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Source
On the Parts of Animals
Genre
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Language
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Time
350 BC 350s BC 4th century BC
Era
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Aristotle. Περὶ ζῴων μορίων [Parts of Animals]. c. 350 BC.

Current Citation

Aristotle. "Parts of Animals I." Aristotle: Generation of Animals & History of Animals 1, Parts of Animals 1, translated by C. D. C. Reeve. Hackett Publications, 2019.

Another quote from Classical antiquity

I found Rome a city of bricks and left it a city of marble.

Caesar Augustus

Quoted in Lives of the Caesars, by Suetonius

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Caesar Augustus

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Suetonius
Source
Lives of the Caesars
Medium
Biography
Genre
Historical literature
Statement Type
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Language
Latin
Time
121 120s 2nd century
Era
Classical antiquity
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Original Citation

Augustus, Caesar. Quoted in De vita Caesarum [About the Life of the Caesars], written by Suetonius. c. 121.

Current Citation

Augustus, Caesar. Quoted in The Lives of the Caesars, written by Suetonius, translated by Catharine Edwards. Oxford University Press, 2009.

Another quote originally in Greek

Why seek ye the living among the dead?

Jesus

Luke 24:5

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Source
Gospel of Luke The Bible
Medium
Scripture
Genre
Religious literature
Statement Type
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Language
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Time
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Era
Classical antiquity
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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Luke 24:5).