Every day were are changing, every day we are dying, and yet we fancy ourselves eternal.

Quotidie morimur, quotidie commutamur, et tamen aeternos nos esse credimus.

St. Jerome

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Topic

The only constant is change Inevitability of death

Author

St. Jerome

Medium

Letter

Language

Latin

Time

396 390s 4th century

Era

Classical antiquity

Occupation

Catholic saint Clergyman Christian Writer

From

Europe Roman Empire

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Original Citation

Saint Jerome. Letter to Heliodorus." c. 396, sect. 19.

Current Citation

Saint Jerome. "Letter LX." Select Letters of Saint Jerome. Aeterna Press, 2015, sect. 19.

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Give me chastity and continency—but not yet!

St. Augustine

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Topic
Chastity Sexual morality Self-control Sex

Author

St. Augustine
Source
Confessions
Genre
Autobiography and memoir
Language
Latin
Time
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Era
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Original Citation

Augustine of Hippo. Confessiones [Confessions]. c. 398, bk. 8, ch. 7.

Current Citation

Augustine of Hippo. Confessions, translated by R. S. Pine-Coffin. Penguin Classics, 1961, bk. 8, ch. 7.

Another quote from Classical antiquity

Of all the creatures that breathe and move across the earth, there is nothing feebler than man.

Homer

The Odyssey

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Topic
Human frailty Nature of man

Author

Homer
Source
The Odyssey
Medium
Poem
Genre
Epic poem
Language
Greek
Time
700 BC 700s BC 8th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Homer. Ὀδύσσεια [Odyssey]. c. 710 BC, bk. 18, l. 130.

Current Citation

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Another quote originally in Latin

Our heart is restless until it rests in you.

St. Augustine

Confessions

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St. Augustine
Source
Confessions
Genre
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Language
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Time
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Era
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Augustine of Hippo. Confessiones [Confessions]. c. 398, bk. 1, ch. 1.

Current Citation

Augustine of Hippo. Confessions, translated by R. S. Pine-Coffin. Penguin Classics, 1961, bk. 1, ch. 1.