They have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind.

כִּ֛י ר֥וּחַ יִזְרָ֖עוּ וְסוּפָ֣תָה יִקְצֹ֑רוּ

Hosea, 8:7

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Actions have consequences

Source

Hosea The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

Hebrew

Time

710 BC 710s BC 8th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

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Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Hosea 8:7).

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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 from Classical antiquity

All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full.

Ecclesiastes 1:7

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Ocean and sea
Source
Ecclesiastes The Bible
Medium
Scripture
Genre
Religious literature
Statement Type
Paradox
Language
Hebrew
Time
931 BC 930s BC 10th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 3
Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Ecclesiastes 1:7).

Another quote originally in Hebrew

As for man, his days are like grass; As a flower of the field, so he flourishes.
For the wind passes over it, and it is gone, And its place remembers it no more.

Psalm 103:15-16

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Ephemeral nature of life Shortness of life The human condition
Source
Psalms The Bible
Medium
Scripture
Genre
Religious literature
Statement Type
Metaphor, analogy and simile
Language
Hebrew
Time
450 BC 450s BC 5th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 3
Citation

The Holy Bible, New King James Version. Thomas Nelson, 1982. (Psalm 103:15-16).

Another quote of the following type Metaphor, analogy and simile

A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world.

Oscar Wilde

Intentions

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Topic
Dreamers Avant garde
Speaker
Gilbert

Author

Oscar Wilde
Source
The Critic as Artist Intentions
Medium
Essay
Statement Type
Metaphor, analogy and simile
Language
English
Time
1891 1890s 19th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Wilde, Oscar. "The Critic as Artist." Intentions. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1891, pt. 2.

Current Citation

Wilde, Oscar. "The Critic as Artist Part II." Oscar Wilde: The Major Works, edited by Isobel Murray. Oxford University Press, 2008.