No pleasure endures unseasoned by variety.

Iucundum nihil est nist quod reficit varietas.

Publilius Syrus

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Variety

Author

Publilius Syrus

Source

Sententiae

Medium

Epigram

Language

Latin

Time

43 BC 40s BC 1st century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Occupation

Writer

From

Turkey Europe

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Citation

Publilius Syrus. Sententiae. c. 1st century BC.

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Know thyself.

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Quoted in The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers, by Diogenes Laërtius

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Introspection Self-knowledge Self-awareness Wisdom
Speaker
Thales

Author

Diogenes Laërtius
Source
The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers
Medium
Presocratic fragment Fragment
Genre
Philosophical literature
Statement Type
Advice
Language
Greek
Time
3rd century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Thales. Quoted in The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers, written by Diogenes Laërtius. c. 240 AD, bk. 1, ch. 1.

Current Citation

Thales. Quoted in The Lives of Eminent Philosophers, written by Diogenes Laërtius, translated by Pamela Mensch, edited by James Miller. Oxford University Press, 2018, bk. 1, ch. 1.

Another quote originally in Latin

What indeed has Athens to do with Jerusalem?

Tertullian

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Athens and Jerusalem Athens Jerusalem Philosophy Religion

Author

Tertullian
Source
On the Prescription of Heretics
Medium
Treatise
Genre
Religious literature
Statement Type
Question
Language
Latin
Time
220 220s 3rd century
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 1
Citation

Tertullian. De Praescriptione Haereticorum [On the Prescription of Heretics]. c. 1892, ch. 7.