O happy race of mortals, if your hearts are ruled, as is the universe, by Love!

O felix hominum genus, si uestros animos amor quo caelum regitur regat!

Boethius

The Consolation of Philosophy

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Love

Author

Boethius

Source

The Consolation of Philosophy

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

Latin

Time

523 520s 6th century

Era

Middle Ages

Occupation

Philosopher Politician

From

Italy Europe

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Original Citation

Boethius. De Consolatione Philosophiae [On the Consolation of Philosophy]. 524, bk. 2, poem 8.

Current Citation

Boethius. The Consolation of Philosophy, translated by Victor Watts. Penguin Classics, 1999, bk. 2, poem 8.

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All you need is love.

The Beatles

All You Need Is Love

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Source
All You Need Is Love
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Song
Statement Type
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Language
English
Time
1967 1960s 20th century
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Lennon, John and Paul McCartney. All You Need Is Love. Performed by The Beatles. Parlophone Records/Capitol Records, 1967.

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Abandon all hope, ye who enter here.

Dante Alighieri

Inferno

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Hell Hopelessness and despair Hope

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Dante Alighieri
Source
Inferno The Divine Comedy
Medium
Poem
Genre
Narrative poem Epic poem Religious literature
Statement Type
Orders and commands
Language
Italian
Time
1321 1320s 14th century
Era
Middle Ages
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Original Citation

Alighieri, Dante. "Inferno [Hell]." La Comedia di Dante Alleghieri [The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri]. Foligno: Johann Numeister and Evangelista Angelini da Trevi, 1472.

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Alighieri, Dante. "Inferno." The Divine Comedy, edited by David H. Higgins, translated by C. H. Sisson. Oxford University Press, 2008.

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The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the Church.

Tertullian

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Martyrs The Church Christianity

Author

Tertullian
Source
Apologeticus
Genre
Religious literature
Statement Type
Metaphor, analogy and simile
Language
Latin
Time
197 190s 2nd century
Era
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Tertullian. Apologeticum [Apologeticus]. c. 197, ch. 50, sect. 13.