To what do you not drive human hearts, cursed craving for gold!

Quid non mortalia pectora cogis, auri sacra fames!

Virgil

Aeneid

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Topic

Greed Human nature

Author

Virgil

Source

Aeneid

Medium

Poem

Genre

Epic poem

Language

Latin

Time

19 BC 10s BC 1st century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Occupation

Poet Writer

From

Italy Europe

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Original Citation

Virgil. Aenē̆is [Aeneid]. 19 BC, bk. 3.

Current Citation

Virgil. The Aeneid, translated by Robert Fagles. Penguin Classics, 2010, bk. 3.

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Man with all his noble qualities, with sympathy which feels for the most debased, with benevolence which extends not only to other men but to the humblest living creature, with his god-like intellect which has penetrated into the movements and constitution of the solar system—with all these exalted powers—Man still bears in his bodily frame the indelible stamp of his lowly origin.

Charles Darwin

The Descent of Man

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Human origins Human nature Human evolution Evolution

Author

Charles Darwin
Source
The Descent of Man
Genre
Scientific literature
Language
English
Time
1871 1870s 19th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Darwin, Charles. The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex. London: John Murray, 1871, pt. 3, ch. 21.

Current Citation

Darwin, Charles. The Descent of Man. Penguin Classics, 2004, pt. 3, ch. 21.

Another quote from Classical antiquity

Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.

Jesus

Matthew 7:7

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Prayer Seeking God Seeking Sermon on the Mount
Speaker
Jesus
Source
Gospel of Matthew The Bible
Medium
Scripture
Genre
Religious literature
Statement Type
Advice
Language
Greek
Time
60 60s 1st century
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 3
Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Matthew 7:7).

Another quote originally in Latin

Give me chastity and continency—but not yet!

St. Augustine

Confessions

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Chastity Sexual morality Self-control Sex

Author

St. Augustine
Source
Confessions
Genre
Autobiography and memoir
Language
Latin
Time
398 390s 4th century
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 1
Original Citation

Augustine of Hippo. Confessiones [Confessions]. c. 398, bk. 8, ch. 7.

Current Citation

Augustine of Hippo. Confessions, translated by R. S. Pine-Coffin. Penguin Classics, 1961, bk. 8, ch. 7.