Old to grow, but ever learning.

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

119 110s 2nd century

Era

Classical antiquity

Occupation

Statesman Politician

From

Greece Europe Ancient Greece

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Citation

Plutarch. Βίοι Παράλληλοι [Parallel Lives]. Rome, 1470.

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

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The mind Education Learning

Author

Plutarch
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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

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God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.

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Reinhold Niebuhr
Medium
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Language
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Time
1932 1930s 20th century
Authentication Score 0
Citation

Niebuhr, Reinhold. Diary entry. 1932.

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I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up from that land to a good and large land, to a land flowing with milk and honey.

Exodus 3:8

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Deliverance of Israel Liberation
Source
Exodus The Bible
Medium
Scripture
Genre
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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. (Exodus 3:8).

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The basis of a democratic state is liberty.

Aristotle

Politics

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Freedom and democracy Democratic legitimacy Democracy Freedom

Author

Aristotle
Source
Politics
Genre
Political literature Philosophical literature
Language
Greek
Time
350 BC 350s BC 4th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 1
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Aristotle. Politics. 4th century BC, bk. 6.

Current Citation

Aristotle. Politics, translated by R. F. Stalley and Sir Ernest Barker. Oxford University Press, 2009, bk. 6.