I grow old ever learning many things.

γηράσκω δ᾽ αἰεὶ πολλὰ διδασκόμενος

Solon

Quoted in Plutarch's Lives, by Plutarch

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Topic

Learning Wisdom Aging Old age

Speaker

Solon

Author

Plutarch

Source

Solon Plutarch's Lives

Genre

Historical literature

Language

Greek

Time

2nd century

Era

Classical antiquity

Occupation

Statesman Politician

From

Greece Europe Ancient Greece

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Plutarch. "Solon." Plutarch's Lives. 2nd century, ch. 2, sect. 3.

Current Citation

Plutarch. "Solon." Greek Lives. Translated by Robin Waterfield. Oxford UP, 2009, ch. 2, sect. 3.

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

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Source
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Medium
Essay
Statement Type
Metaphor, analogy and simile
Language
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Time
2nd century BC
Era
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Plutarch. "Of Listening." Moralia, 18.

Current Citation

Plutarch. "On Listening to Lectures." Morali, vol. I. Translated by F. C. Babbitt. Harvard UP, 1927.

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But where shall wisdom be found?

Job

Job 28:12

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Speaker
Job
Source
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Medium
Scripture
Genre
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Statement Type
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Language
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Time
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Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 3
Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Job 28:12).

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Xenophanes

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Topic
Nature of God God and man God Anthropomorphism

Author

Xenophanes
Medium
Presocratic fragment Fragment
Genre
Philosophical literature
Language
Greek
Time
5th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 0
Original Citation

Xenophanes. Fragments. 5th century BC, DK21 B15.

Current Citation

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Between us and excellence, the gods have placed the sweat of our brows.

Hesiod

Works and Days

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Hard work Excellence Character Virtue The human condition

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Hesiod
Source
Works and Days
Medium
Poem
Genre
Didactic poem
Language
Greek
Time
700 BC 700s BC 8th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 1
Original Citation

Hesiod. Works and Days. c. 700 BC, l. 289.

Current Citation

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