It is the mountaintop that the lightning strikes.

summos
fulgura montis

Horace

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Topic

Downsides of taking risks

Author

Horace

Source

Odes (Horace)

Medium

Poem

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

Latin

Time

23 BC 20s BC 1st century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Occupation

Poet Writer

From

Italy Europe Roman Empire

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Horace. Carmina [Odes]. 23 BC, bk. 2, no. 10.

Current Citation

Horace. "Odes." The Complete Odes and Epodes, translated by David West. Oxford University Press, 2008, bk. 2, no. 10.

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Another quote by Horace

I have erected a monument more lasting than bronze.

Horace

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Topic
Immortality through art Artistic legacy Art Poetry

Author

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 from Classical antiquity

And on the seventh day God ended His work which He had done, and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had done.

Genesis 2:2

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Topic
Days off Rest Sunday Sabbath
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 King James Version. Thomas Nelson, 1982. (Genesis 2:2).

Another quote originally in Latin

These eyes of mine would look on only thee
In that last hour when light shall fail.
Embrace me, dear, in death! Let thy hand be
In my cold fingers pale!

Tibullus

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Topic
Lifelong love Love

Author

Tibullus
Source
Elegies (Tibullus)
Medium
Poem
Language
Latin
Time
26 BC 20s BC 1st century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Tibullus. The Elegies of Tibullus. c. 30 BC, bk. 1, no. 1.

Current Citation

Tibullus. Elegies: With Paralell Latin Texts, translated by A. M. Juster. Oxford University Press, 2012, bk. 1, no. 1.

Another quote of the following type Metaphor, analogy and simile

The mind is not a vessel that needs filling, but wood that needs igniting.

Plutarch

Moralia

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Topic
The mind Education Learning

Author

Plutarch
Source
Of Listening Moralia
Medium
Essay
Statement Type
Metaphor, analogy and simile
Language
Greek
Time
2nd century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Plutarch. "Περὶ τοῦ ἀκούειν [On Hearing]." Ἠθικά Ethika [Moralia]. c. 100 AD.

Current Citation

Plutarch. "On Listening." Essays. Penguin Classics, 1993.