I prefer to be unskilled rather than practised in the lore of foretelling ill.

θέλω δ᾽ ἄιδρις μᾶλλον ἢ σοφὸς κακῶν

Aeschylus

The Suppliants

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Topic

Ignorance is bliss

Speaker

King

Author

Aeschylus

Source

The Suppliants

Medium

Play

Genre

Greek tragedy Tragedy (play)

Language

Greek

Time

465 BC 465s BC 5th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Occupation

Playwright Writer

From

Greece Europe Ancient Greece

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Citation

Aeschylus. Ἱκέτιδες, Hiketides [The Suppliants]. c. 455 BC.

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As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the Lord is round about his people from henceforth even for ever.

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Source
Psalms The Bible
Medium
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Genre
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Era
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Authentication Score 3
Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Psalm 125:2).

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As for man, his days are like grass; As a flower of the field, so he flourishes.
For the wind passes over it, and it is gone, And its place remembers it no more.

Psalm 103:15-16

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Ephemeral nature of life Shortness of life The human condition
Source
Psalms The Bible
Medium
Scripture
Genre
Religious literature
Statement Type
Metaphor, analogy and simile
Language
Hebrew
Time
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Era
Classical antiquity
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Citation

The Holy Bible, New King James Version. Thomas Nelson, 1982. (Psalm 103:15-16).

Another quote originally in Greek

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.