A woman's vows I write upon the wave.

Sophocles

Unknown drama

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Sophocles

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Unknown drama

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Play

Genre

Greek tragedy Tragedy (play)

Language

Greek

Time

400 BC 400s BC 5th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Occupation

Playwright Writer

From

Greece Europe Ancient Greece

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Citation

Sophocles. Unnamed drama. 5th century BC, fragment 694.

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Be extremely subtle, even to the point of formlessness. Be extremely mysterious, even to the point of soundlessness. Thereby you can be the director of the opponent's fate.

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Source
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Medium
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Genre
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Time
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Sun Tzu. 孫子兵法 [The Art of War]. c. 475 BC, ch. 6.

Current Citation

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Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.

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Source
Genesis The Bible
Medium
Scripture
Genre
Religious literature
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Time
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Era
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Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Genesis 2:24).

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It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.

Jesus

Matthew 19:24

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Source
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Medium
Scripture
Genre
Religious literature
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Language
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Time
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Era
Classical antiquity
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Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Matthew 19:24).