One good turn deserves another.

Manus manum lavat.

Gaius Petronius

Satyricon

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Topic

Paying it forward Helping others

Author

Gaius Petronius

Source

Satyricon

Medium

Novel

Statement Type

Precepts and axioms

Language

Latin

Time

66 60s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

Occupation

Politician

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Petronius. Satyricon, Satyricon liber [The Book of Satyrlike Adventures]. c. 1st century AD, sect. 45.

Current Citation

Petronius. "The Satyricon." The Satyricon and The Apocolocyntosis of the Divine Claudius, translated by J. P. Sullivan. Penguin Classics, 1986, sect. 45.

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And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.

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Medium
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Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Genesis 3:4-5).

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These eyes of mine would look on only thee
In that last hour when light shall fail.
Embrace me, dear, in death! Let thy hand be
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Topic
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Tibullus
Source
Elegies (Tibullus)
Medium
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Language
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Time
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Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

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Current Citation

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Topic
The internet

Author

Mike Godwin
Source
Wired Magazine
Medium
Magazine
Statement Type
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Language
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Time
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Authentication Score 3
Citation

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