Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you.

ἀγαπᾶτε τοὺς ἐχθροὺς ὑμῶν καὶ προσεύχεσθε ὑπὲρ τῶν διωκόντων ὑμᾶς·

Jesus

Matthew 5:44

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Topic

Loving one's enemies Enemies Sermon on the Mount

Speaker

Jesus

Source

Gospel of Matthew The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Statement Type

Orders and commands

Language

Greek

Time

60 60s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

Occupation

Founder of a religion Religious leader

From

Israel Middle East Roman Empire

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Matthew 5:44).

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Another quote about Enemies

I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: "Oh Lord, make my enemies ridiculous." And God granted it.

Voltaire

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Topic
Enemies

Author

Voltaire
Medium
Letter
Language
French
Time
1767 1760s 18th century
Authentication Score 1
Citation

Voltaire. Letter to Etienne Noel Damilaville. 16 May 1767.

Another quote from Classical antiquity

No guest is so welcome in a friend's house that he will not become a nuisance after three days.

Plautus

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Topic
Wearing out one's welcome Hospitality Guests and visitors
Speaker
Pleusicles

Author

Plautus
Source
Miles Gloriosus
Medium
Play
Language
Latin
Time
200 BC 200s BC 3rd century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Plautus. Miles Gloriosus. c. 206 BC, Rome, Italy, act 3, sc. 1.

Current Citation

Plautus. Miles Gloriosus, edited by Mason Hammond, Arthur W. Mack, and Walter Moskalew. Harvard University Press, 1997, act 3, sc. 1.

Another quote originally in Greek

Bad herdsmen ruin their flocks.

Homer

The Odyssey

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Topic
Leadership Caring for others

Author

Homer
Source
The Odyssey
Medium
Poem
Genre
Epic poem
Statement Type
Metaphor, analogy and simile
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. 17, l. 246.

Current Citation

Homer. The Odyssey, edited by Bernard Knox, translated by Robert Fagles. Penguin Classics, 2006, bk. 17, l. 246.

Another quote of the following type Orders and commands

What is hateful to you do not to your neighbor: that is the whole Torah. The rest is commentary.

Hillel the Elder

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Topic
Golden rule Reciprocity

Author

Hillel the Elder
Source
Talmud
Medium
Scripture
Genre
Religious literature
Statement Type
Orders and commands
Language
Hebrew
Time
10 10s 1st century
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

The Talmud. The William Davidson Talmud. Shabbat 31a.

Current Citation

The Babylonian Talmud, translated by A. Cohen. Cambridge University, 2013, Shabbat 31a.