Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour.

Νήψατε, γρηγορήσατε. ὁ ἀντίδικος ὑμῶν διάβολος ὡς λέων ὠρυόμενος περιπατεῖ ζητῶν τινα καταπιεῖν.

1st Peter 5:8

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The devil

Source

1st Peter The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Statement Type

Advice

Language

Greek

Time

65 60s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (1st Peter 5:8).

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Source
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Medium
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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Matthew 19:26).

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Waste no more time arguing what a good man should be. Be one.

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Meditations

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Topic
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Marcus Aurelius
Source
Meditations
Medium
Personal journal
Genre
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Statement Type
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Language
Greek
Time
180 180s 2nd century
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 1
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Aurelius, Marcus. Meditations. c. 180, bk. 10.

Current Citation

Aurelius, Marcus. Meditations, edited and translated by Martin Hammond. Penguin Classics, 2015, bk. 10.

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Horace Greeley
Statement Type
Advice
Language
English
Time
1870 1870s 19th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Greeley, Horace. Quoted in New-York Daily Tribune. 13 July 1865.