Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it.

מַ֣יִם רַבִּ֗ים לֹ֤א יֽוּכְלוּ֙ לְכַבֹּ֣ות אֶת־הָֽאַהֲבָ֔ה וּנְהָרֹ֖ות לֹ֣א יִשְׁטְפ֑וּהָ

Song of Solomon 8:7

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Nature of love Love

Source

Song of Solomon The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

Hebrew

Time

1000 BC 1000s BC 11th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

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Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Song of Solomon 8:7).

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Source
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Time
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Era
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Authentication Score 3
Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (1st Corinthians 13:11).

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Source
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Medium
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Genre
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Statement Type
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Language
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Time
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Era
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Goals Aimlessness

Author

Seneca the Younger
Source
Letters of Seneca the Younger
Medium
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Statement Type
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Language
Latin
Time
65 60s 1st century
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 0
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Seneca the Younger. Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium [Moral Letters to Lucilius]. c. 65 AD.

Current Citation

Seneca, Lucius Annaeus. Letters on Ethics, translated by Margaret Graver and A. A. Long. University of Chicago Press, 2017.