Love your enemies, do good to them which hate you.

Ἀγαπᾶτε τοὺς ἐχθροὺς ὑμῶν, καλῶς ποιεῖτε τοῖς μισοῦσιν ὑμᾶς.

Jesus

Luke 6:27

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Topic

Loving one's enemies Enemies

Speaker

Jesus

Source

Gospel of Luke The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Statement Type

Orders and commands Paradox

Language

Greek

Time

61 60s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

Occupation

Founder of a religion Religious leader

From

Israel Middle East Roman Empire

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Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Luke 6:27).

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Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer.

The Godfather: Part II

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Topic
Friends and enemies Friends Enemies
Speaker
Michael Corleone
Actor
Al Pacino
Source
The Godfather: Part II
Medium
Film
Genre
Crime (film) Epic (film) Crime Epic
Statement Type
Advice
Language
English
Time
1974 1970s 20th century
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Citation

The Godfather Part II. Directed by Francis Ford Coppola, Paramount Pictures Studios/American Zoetrope/Coppola Company, 1974.

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

Homer. The Odyssey, edited by Bernard Knox, translated by Robert Fagles. Penguin Classics, 2006, bk. 18, l. 130.

Another quote originally in Greek

If any would not work, neither should he eat.

2nd Thessalonians 3:10

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Topic
Freeloaders
Source
2nd Thessalonians The Bible
Medium
Scripture
Genre
Religious literature
Language
Greek
Time
52 50s 1st century
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 3
Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (2nd Thessalonians 3:10).

Another quote of the following type Paradox

Things sweet to taste prove in digestion sour.

William Shakespeare

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Topic
Food Sugar
Speaker
John of Gaunt

Author

William Shakespeare
Genre
History (play)
Statement Type
Paradox
Language
English
Time
1595 1590s 16th century
Era
European Renaissance
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Shakespeare, William. Richard II. 9 Dec. 1595, The house of Edward Hoby, Westminster, London, England, UK, act 1, sc. 3.

Current Citation

Shakespeare, William. "Richard the Second." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, act 1, sc. 3.