The least initial deviation from the truth is multiplied later a thousandfold.

Aristotle

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Topic

Butterfly effect Little things make a big difference

Author

Aristotle

Source

On the Heavens

Genre

Scientific literature

Language

Greek

Time

350 BC 350s BC 4th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Occupation

Philosopher Writer

From

Greece Europe Ancient Greece

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Original Citation

Aristotle. Περὶ οὐρανοῦ [On the Heavens]. c. 350 BC.

Current Citation

Aristotle. De Caelo, translated by C. D. C. Reeve. Hackett Publishing, 2020.

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In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous.

Aristotle

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Beauty of nature Nature

Author

Aristotle
Source
On the Parts of Animals
Genre
Scientific literature
Language
Greek
Time
350 BC 350s BC 4th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Aristotle. Περὶ ζῴων μορίων [Parts of Animals]. c. 350 BC.

Current Citation

Aristotle. "Parts of Animals I." Aristotle: Generation of Animals & History of Animals 1, Parts of Animals 1, translated by C. D. C. Reeve. Hackett Publications, 2019.

Another quote from Classical antiquity

If a person knows not to which port he sails, no wind is favorable.

Seneca the Younger

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Goals Aimlessness

Author

Seneca the Younger
Source
Letters of Seneca the Younger
Medium
Letter
Statement Type
Proverbs, aphorisms and adages Metaphor, analogy and simile
Language
Latin
Time
65 60s 1st century
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 0
Original Citation

Seneca the Younger. Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium [Moral Letters to Lucilius]. c. 65 AD.

Current Citation

Seneca, Lucius Annaeus. Letters on Ethics, translated by Margaret Graver and A. A. Long. University of Chicago Press, 2017.

Another quote originally in Greek

If you can believe, all things are possible to him who believes.

Jesus

Mark 9:23

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Topic
Faith
Speaker
Jesus
Source
Gospel of Mark The Bible
Medium
Scripture
Genre
Religious literature
Language
Greek
Time
60 60s 1st century
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 3
Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Mark 9:23).