God and man

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Do your duty, and leave the outcome to the Gods.

Pierre Corneille

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Topic

Doing one's job Duty God and man Fate

Speaker

Old Horace

Author

Pierre Corneille

Source

Horace

Medium

Play

Genre

Tragedy (play)

Statement Type

Advice

Language

French

Time

1640 1640s 17th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Corneille, Pierre. Horace. Mar. 1640, Théâtre du Marais, Paris, France, act 2, sc. 8.

Current Citation

Corneille, Pierre. "Horace." Chief Plays of Corneille, translated by Lacy Lockert. Princeton University Press, 2015, act 2, sc. 8.

All our power lies in both mind and body; we employ the mind to rule, the body rather to serve; the one we have in common with the Gods, the other with the brutes.

Sallust

The War of Catiline

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Topic

Mind and body God and man Man and animals

Author

Sallust

Source

The War of Catiline

Genre

Historical literature

Language

Latin

Time

42 BC 40s BC 1st century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Sallust. Bellum Catilinae [War of Catiline]. c. 43–40 BC.

Current Citation

Sallust. "The War with Catiline." The War with Catiline and The War with Jugurtha, translated by John T. Ramsey J. C. Rolfe. Harvard University Press, 2013.

I find that all my thoughts circle around God like the planets around the sun, and are as irresistibly attracted by Him.

Carl Jung

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Topic

God and man God

Author

Carl Jung

Source

Letters of Carl Jung

Medium

Letter

Language

German

Time

1952 1950s 20th century

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Citation

Jung, Carl. Letter to an unnamed clergyman. 1952.

Poems are made by fools like me,
But only God can make a tree.

Joyce Kilmer

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Topic

God and man Creativity Trees

Author

Joyce Kilmer

Source

Trees

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1913 1910s 20th century

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Citation

Kilmer, Joyce. "Trees." Poetry: A Magazine of Verse, 1913, I. 11.

Forgive, O Lord, my little jokes on Thee
And I'll forgive Thy great big one on me.

Robert Frost

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Topic

God and man Forgiveness

Author

Robert Frost

Source

Cluster of Faith In the Clearing

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1962 1960s 20th century

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Citation

Frost, Robert. "Cluster of Faith." In the Clearing. Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1962, poem 5.

The Maker of a universe with stars a hundred thousand light-years apart was interested, furious, and very personal about it if a small boy played baseball on Sunday afternoon.

Sinclair Lewis

Elmer Gantry

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Topic

Sabbath God and man

Author

Sinclair Lewis

Source

Elmer Gantry

Medium

Novel

Genre

Satire

Language

English

Time

1927 1920s 20th century

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Original Citation

Lewis, Sinclair. Elmer Gantry. Harcourt Trade Publishers, 1927, ch. 17.

Current Citation

Lewis, Sinclair. Elmer Gantry. Signet, 2007, ch. 17.

We blossom and flourish as leaves on the tree,
To wither and perish- but nought changeth Thee.

Walter Chalmers Smith

God, All in All

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Topic

God and man Ephemeral nature of life Nature of God

Author

Walter Chalmers Smith

Source

God, All in All

Medium

Hymn Song

Language

English

Time

1867 1860s 19th century

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Citation

Smith, Walter Chalmers. "Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise." Hymns of Christ and the Christian Life. London and Cambridge: Macmillan and Co., 1867.

Two and two only supreme and luminously self-evident beings, myself and my Creator.

John Henry Newman

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Topic

God and man

Author

John Henry Newman

Source

Apologia pro Vita Sua

Language

English

Time

1864 1860s 19th century

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Newman, John Henry. "History of my Religious Opinions up to 1833." Apologia Pro Vita Sua. London: Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, and Green, 1864.

Current Citation

Newman, John Henry. "History of my Religious Opinions up to 1833." Apologia Pro Vita Sua, edited by Ian Ker. Penguin Classics, 1995.

Cure yourself of the condition of bothering about how you look to other people. Concern yourself only with how you appear to God, with the idea that God has of you.

Miguel de Unamuno

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Topic

What other people think Relationship with God God and man

Author

Miguel de Unamuno

Source

Our Lord Don Quixote

Language

Spanish

Time

1905 1900s 20th century

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Citation

De Unamuno, Miguel. "El Sepulcro de Don Quijote [The Sepulcher of Don Quixote]." Vida de Don Quijote Y Sancho [The Life of Don Quixote and Sancho]. Madrid: Renacimiento, 1914, foreward.

Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men.

Apostle Paul

1st Corinthians 1:25

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Topic

God and man Foolishness Wisdom

Author

Apostle Paul

Source

1st Corinthians The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Greek

Time

55 50s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

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Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (1st Corinthians 1:25).

Unlike divine nature, human nature lacks sound judgments.

Heraclitus

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Topic

God and man Nature of God Human nature Judgment

Author

Heraclitus

Medium

Presocratic fragment Fragment

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

Greek

Time

5th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Heraclitus. Fragments. 5th century BC, F2 - DK B78.

Current Citation

Heraclitus. "Heraclitus of Ephesus." The First Philosophers: The Presocratics and Sophists, translated by Robin Waterfield. Oxford University Press, 2009, F2 - DK B78.

As flies to wanton boys are we to th’ gods;
They kill us for their sport.

William Shakespeare

King Lear

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Topic

God and man Absurdity of life The human condition

Speaker

Gloucester

Author

William Shakespeare

Source

King Lear

Medium

Play

Genre

Tragedy (play)

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

English

Time

1606 1600s 17th century

Era

European Renaissance

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Shakespeare, William. King Lear. King's Men, 26 Dec. 1606, Palace of Whitehall, Westminster, England, UK, act 4, sc. 1.

Current Citation

Shakespeare, William. "The Tragedy of King Lear." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, act 4, sc. 1.