For a living dog is better than a dead lion.

כָּל־הַחַיִּ֖ים יֵ֣שׁ בִּטָּחֹ֑ון כִּֽי־לְכֶ֤לֶב חַי֙ ה֣וּא טֹ֔וב מִן־הָאַרְיֵ֖ה הַמֵּֽת׃

Ecclesiastes 9:4

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Life and death

Source

Ecclesiastes The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Hebrew

Time

931 BC 930s BC 10th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Ecclesiastes 9:4).

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Every man dies, not every man really lives.

William Wallace

Braveheart

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Topic
Living life to the fullest Life and death
Speaker
William Wallace
Actor
Mel Gibson
Source
Braveheart
Medium
Film
Genre
Epic (film) Historical drama (film) Epic Historical drama
Language
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Time
1995 1990s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Braveheart. Directed by Mel Gibson, Icon Productions/The Ladd Company, 1995.

Another quote from Classical antiquity

Give me but one firm spot on which to stand and I will move the earth.

Archimedes

Quoted in History of the World, by Diodorus Siculus

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Topic
Laws of physics Physics
Speaker
Archimedes

Author

Diodorus Siculus
Source
History of the World
Language
Greek
Time
212 BC 210s BC 3rd century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Archimedes. Quoted in History of the World, written by Diodorus Siculus. c. 20 BC.

Current Citation

Archimedes. Quoted in Diodorus Siculus: Library of History, Volume IX, Books 18-19.65. Harvard University Press, 1947.

Another quote originally in Hebrew

My beloved is mine, and I am his.

Song of Solomon 2:16

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Devotion Love Relationships
Source
Song of Solomon The Bible
Medium
Scripture
Genre
Religious literature
Language
Hebrew
Time
965 BC 960s BC 10th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 3
Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Song of Solomon 2:16).