How vast a memory lovers have!

Meminerunt omnia amantes!

Ovid

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Topic

Love

Author

Ovid

Source

Sappho to Phaon The Heroides

Medium

Poem

Language

Latin

Time

8 0s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

Occupation

Poet Writer

From

Italy Europe Roman Empire

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Original Citation

Ovid. "Sappho to Phaon." The Heroides [The Heroines]. 8 AD, no. 15, l. 43.

Current Citation

Ovid. "Sappho to Phaon." The Heroides, edited and translated by Harold Isbell. Penguin Classics, 1990, no. 15, l. 43.

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Time, the devourer of all things.

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Topic
Effects of time Relentlessness of time Time

Author

Ovid
Source
Metamorphoses
Medium
Poem
Statement Type
Metaphor, analogy and simile
Language
Latin
Time
8 0s 1st century
Era
Classical antiquity
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Original Citation

Ovid. Metamorphōsēs [Metamorphoses]. c. 8 CE, bk. 15, l. 234.

Current Citation

Ovid. Metamorphoses, translated by David Raeburn. Penguin Classics, 2004, bk. 15, l. 234.

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I wish I knew how to quit you.

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Topic
Impossible love Love
Speaker
Jack Twist
Actor
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Source
Brokeback Mountain
Medium
Film
Genre
Romantic drama (film) Romantic drama
Language
English
Time
2005 2000s 21st century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Brokeback Mountain. Directed by Ang Lee, River Road Entertainment, 2005.

Another quote from Classical antiquity

Astronomy compels the soul to look upwards and leads us from this world to another.

Socrates

Quoted in Republic, by Plato

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Topic
Astronomy The night sky
Speaker
Socrates

Author

Plato
Source
Republic
Medium
Philosophical dialogue Dialogue
Genre
Philosophical literature
Language
Greek
Time
375 BC 370s BC 4th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Socrates. Quoted in Πολιτεία [Republic], written by Plato. c. 375 BCE.

Current Citation

Socrates. Quoted in Republic, written by Plato, translated by Desmond Lee. Penguin Classics, 2007.

Another quote originally in Latin

Fortune favors the brave.

Virgil

Aeneid

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Topic
Fortune favors the bold Bravery Courage
Speaker
Turnus

Author

Virgil
Source
Aeneid
Medium
Poem
Genre
Epic poem
Language
Latin
Time
19 BC 10s BC 1st century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Virgil. Aenē̆is [Aeneid]. 19 BC, bk. 10.

Current Citation

Virgil. The Aeneid, translated by Robert Fagles. Penguin Classics, 2010, bk. 10.