All our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf.

וַנְּהִ֤י כַטָּמֵא֙ כֻּלָּ֔נוּ וּכְבֶ֥גֶד עִדִּ֖ים כָּל־צִדְקֹתֵ֑ינוּ וַנָּ֤בֶל כֶּֽעָלֶה֙

Isaiah 64:6

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Ephemeral nature of life

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Isaiah The Bible

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Scripture

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Religious literature

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Hebrew

Time

681 BC 680s BC 7th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

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Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Isaiah 64:6).

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All flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away.

1st Peter 1:24

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Sic transit gloria mundi Ephemeral nature of life Grass Life
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Religious literature
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Metaphor, analogy and simile
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Greek
Time
65 60s 1st century
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Classical antiquity
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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (1st Peter 1:24).

Another quote from the 7th century BC

The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God endures forever.

Isaiah 40:8

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God's word
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Religious literature
Language
Hebrew
Time
681 BC 680s BC 7th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 3
Citation

The Holy Bible, New International Version. International Bible Society, 1978. (Isaiah 40:8).

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Lucius Cassius Longinus Ravilla

Quoted in Pro Milone, by Cicero

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Lucius Cassius Longinus Ravilla

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Cicero
Source
Pro Milone
Statement Type
Question
Language
Latin
Time
80 BC 80s BC 1st century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 2
Citation

Cicero, Marcus Tullius. "Pro Roscio Amerino [In defense of Sextus Roscius of Amerina]." 80 BC, Umbria, Italy.

Another quote originally in Hebrew

I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up from that land to a good and large land, to a land flowing with milk and honey.

Exodus 3:8

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Deliverance of Israel Liberation
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Exodus The Bible
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Scripture
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Religious literature
Language
Hebrew
Time
1405 BC 1400s BC 15th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 3
Citation

The Holy Bible, New King James Version. Thomas Nelson, 1982. (Exodus 3:8).