Not bound to swear allegiance to any master, wherever the wind takes me I travel as a visitor.

Nullius addictus iurare in verba magistri, quo me cumque rapit tempestas, deferor hospes.

Horace

Epistles

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Wandering Travel Freedom

Author

Horace

Source

Epistles

Medium

Poem

Language

Latin

Time

20 BC 20s BC 1st century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Occupation

Poet Writer

From

Italy Europe Roman Empire

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Original Citation

Horace. Epistularum liber primus [First Book of Letters]. 20 BC, bk. 1, epistle 1.

Current Citation

Horace. "Epistles." Satires and Epistles, translated by John Davie. Oxford University Press, 2011, bk. 1, epistle 1.

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Another quote by Horace

I have erected a monument more lasting than bronze.

Horace

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Immortality through art Artistic legacy Art Poetry

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Horace
Source
Odes (Horace)
Medium
Poem
Statement Type
Boast
Language
Latin
Time
23 BC 20s BC 1st century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Horace. Carmina [Odes]. 23 BC, bk. 3, no. 30.

Current Citation

Horace. "Odes." The Complete Odes and Epodes, translated by David West. Oxford University Press, 2008, bk, 3, no. 30.

Another quote about Freedom

If liberty means anything at all it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.

George Orwell

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Topic
Freedom of speech and expression Nature of freedom Freedom

Author

George Orwell
Source
Times Literary Supplement
Medium
Newspaper
Language
English
Time
1950 1950s 20th century
Authentication Score 1
Citation

Orwell, George. "The Freedom of Press." Times Literary Supplement. News UK, 15 Sept. 1972.

Another quote from Classical antiquity

The Lord God said, "It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him."

Genesis 2:18

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Topic
Adam and Eve Men and women Relationships
Source
Genesis The Bible
Medium
Scripture
Genre
Religious literature
Language
Hebrew
Time
1405 BC 1400s BC 15th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 3
Citation

The Holy Bible, New International Version. International Bible Society, 1978. (Genesis 2:18).

Another quote originally in Latin

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Baruch Spinoza

Ethics

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Nature

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Baruch Spinoza
Source
Ethics
Medium
Treatise
Genre
Philosophical literature
Statement Type
Axioms and precepts
Language
Latin
Time
1677 1670s 17th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Spinoza, Baruch. Ethica, Ordine Geometrico Desmonstrata [Ethics, Demonstrated in Geometrical Order]. 1677, pt. 1, prop. 15, note.

Current Citation

Spinoza, Benedict. Ethics, translated by Michael Silverthorne and Matthew J. Kinser. Cambridge University Press, 2018, pt. 1, prop. 15, note.