I have often regretted my speech, never my silence.

Publilius Syrus

Sententiae

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Topic

Silence is golden Staying quiet Tact and discretion

Author

Publilius Syrus

Source

Sententiae

Medium

Epigram

Language

Latin

Time

43 BC 40s BC 1st century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Occupation

Writer

From

Turkey Europe

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Publilius Syrus. Sententiae. c. 1st century BC.

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Carthage must be destroyed.

Cato the Elder

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Topic
War
Speaker
Cato the Elder

Author

Plutarch
Source
Plutarch's Lives
Medium
Speech
Genre
Political speech
Statement Type
Declaration
Language
Latin
Time
149 BC 140s BC 2nd century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 2
Citation

Cato the Elder. Speech within the Roman Senate prior to the Third Punic War. c. 149 BC, Rome, Italy.

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Nature abhors a vacuum.

Baruch Spinoza

Ethics

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Topic
Nature

Author

Baruch Spinoza
Source
Ethics
Medium
Treatise
Genre
Philosophical literature
Statement Type
Axioms and precepts
Language
Latin
Time
1677 1670s 17th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Spinoza, Baruch. Ethica, Ordine Geometrico Desmonstrata [Ethics, Demonstrated in Geometrical Order]. 1677, pt. 1, prop. 15, note.

Current Citation

Spinoza, Benedict. Ethics, translated by Michael Silverthorne and Matthew J. Kinser. Cambridge University Press, 2018, pt. 1, prop. 15, note.