No one ever suddenly became depraved.

Nemo repente fuit turpissimus.

Juvenal

Satires

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Depravity Moral theory Morality Character

Author

Juvenal

Source

Satires

Medium

Poem

Language

Latin

Time

127 120s 2nd century

Era

Classical antiquity

Occupation

Poet Writer

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Italy Europe Roman Empire

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Original Citation

Juvenal. Satirae [Satires]. c. 127, satire 2.

Current Citation

Juvenal. The Satires, translated by Niall Rudd. Oxford University Press, 2008, satire 2.

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Whoever destroys a single life is as guilty as though he had destroyed the entire world; and whoever rescues a single life earns as much merit as though he had rescued the entire world.

The Talmud

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Topic
Moral theory
Source
The Talmud
Medium
Scripture
Genre
Religious literature
Statement Type
Precepts and axioms
Language
Hebrew
Time
200 200s 3rd century
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 1
Original Citation

Talmud. Mishnah, Sanhedrin 4:9:1.

Current Citation

The Talmud: A Selection, translated by Norman Solomon. Penguin Classics, 2009, Fourth Order Neziqin, Fourth Tractate Sanhedrin (The Court) 4:9:1.

Another quote from Classical antiquity

Rage-Goddess, sing the rage of Peleus's son Achilles, murderous, doomed, that cost the Achaeans countless losses.

Homer

The Iliad

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Homer
Source
The Iliad
Medium
Poem
Genre
Epic poem
Statement Type
Opening lines
Language
Greek
Time
700 BC 700s BC 8th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Homer. Ἰλιάς [The Iliad], edited by Demetrius Chalcondyles. Florence: Bernardus Nerlius and Demetrius Damilas, 1489, bk. 1, l. 1.

Current Citation

Homer. The Iliad, translated by Robert Fitzgerald. Oxford University Press, 2014, bk. 1, l. 1.

Another quote originally in Latin

There cannot be salvation for any, except in the Church.

St. Cyprian

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Catholic church Salvation Christianity

Author

St. Cyprian
Medium
Letter
Genre
Religious literature
Language
Latin
Time
256 250s 3rd century
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 1
Citation

Saint Cyprian. Letter to Jubaianus. c. 256, sect. 21.