Words have a longer life than deeds.

ῥῆμα δ᾽ ἑργμάτων χρονιώτερον βιοτεύει,

Pindar

Nemean Odes

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Topic

Words vs. actions

Author

Pindar

Source

Nemean Odes

Medium

Poem

Language

Greek

Time

473 BC 470s BC 5th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Occupation

Poet

From

Greece Europe Ancient Greece

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Original Citation

Pindar. Nemean Odes. c. 473 BC, Nemean 4.

Current Citation

Pindar. The Complete Odes, translated by Anthony Verity. Oxford University Press, 2008, Nemean IV.

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There are many wonderful things, and nothing is more wonderful than man.

Sophocles

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Topic
Nature of man Man and animals

Author

Sophocles
Source
Antigone
Medium
Play
Genre
Tragic play Greek theater
Language
Greek
Time
441 BC 440s 5th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Sophocles. Ἀντιγόνη [Antigone]. c. 441 BC, Festival of Dionysus, Athens, Greece.

Current Citation

Sophocles. "Antigone." The Oedipus Cycle: Oedipus Rex; Oedipus at Colonus; Antigone, translated by Dudley Fitts and Robert Fitzgerald. Mariner Books, 2002.

Another quote from Classical antiquity

The mind is not a vessel that needs filling, but wood that needs igniting.

Plutarch

Moralia

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Topic
The mind Education Learning

Author

Plutarch
Source
Of Listening Moralia
Medium
Essay
Statement Type
Metaphor, analogy and simile
Language
Greek
Time
2nd century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Plutarch. "Περὶ τοῦ ἀκούειν [On Hearing]." Ἠθικά Ethika [Moralia]. c. 100 AD.

Current Citation

Plutarch. "On Listening." Essays. Penguin Classics, 1993.

Another quote originally in Greek

Immediately, something like scales fell from Saul’s eyes, and he could see again.

Acts 9:18

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Topic
New perspective Seeing Perception
Source
Book of Acts The Bible
Medium
Scripture
Genre
Religious literature
Language
Greek
Time
62 60s 1st century
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 3
Citation

The Holy Bible, New International Version. International Bible Society, 1978. (Acts 9:18).