We are not all capable of everything.

Non omnia possumus omnes.

Virgil

Eclogues

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Topic

Human limitations

Speaker

Damon

Author

Virgil

Source

Eclogues

Medium

Poem

Language

Latin

Time

30 BC 30s BC 1st century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Occupation

Poet Writer

From

Italy Europe Roman Empire

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Original Citation

Virgil. Eclogae [Eclogues]. c. 30 BC, no. 8.

Current Citation

Virgil. "The Eclogues." The Eclogues and The Georgics, translated by C. Day Lewis. Oxford University Press, 2009, no. 8.

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Matthew 22:37-39

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Topic
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Speaker
Jesus
Source
Gospel of Matthew The Bible
Medium
Scripture
Genre
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Statement Type
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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 22:37-39).

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The die is cast.

Julius Caesar

Quoted in Lives of the Caesars, by Suetonius

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Topic
No turning back Decisions and choices
Speaker
Julius Caesar

Author

Suetonius
Source
Lives of the Caesars
Genre
Biography Historical literature
Language
Latin
Time
49 BC 40s BC 1st century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
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Original Citation

Caesar, Julius. Quoted in De vita Caesarum [About the Life of the Caesars], by Suetonius. 121 AD.

Current Citation

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