Do not make My Father’s house a house of merchandise!

μὴ ποιεῖτε τὸν οἶκον τοῦ Πατρός μου οἶκον ἐμπορίου.

Jesus

John 2:16

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Topic

God and mammon

Speaker

Jesus

Source

Gospel of John The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Statement Type

Orders and commands

Language

Greek

Time

90 90s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

Occupation

Founder of a religion Religious leader

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Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (John 2:16).

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Another quote from Classical antiquity

Be still, and know that I am God.

Psalm 46:10

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Stillness Meditation God
Source
Psalms The Bible
Medium
Scripture
Genre
Religious literature
Statement Type
Orders and commands
Language
Hebrew
Time
450 BC 450s BC 5th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
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Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Psalm 46:10).

Another quote originally in Greek

We are lovers of beauty without extravagance, and lovers of wisdom without unmanliness. Wealth is to us is not mere material for vainglory but an opportunity for achievement; and poverty we think it no disgrace to acknowledge but a real degradation to make no effort to overcome.

Pericles

Quoted in Funeral Oration, by Thucydides

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Topic
Golden mean
Speaker
Pericles

Author

Thucydides
Source
Funeral Oration History of the Peloponnesian War
Medium
Speech
Genre
Political speech Historical literature
Language
Greek
Time
430 BC 430s BC 5th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
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Original Citation

Thucydides. The History of the Peloponnesian War. c. 431 BC, bk. 2.

Current Citation

Thucydides. The Peloponnesian War, translated by Martin Hammond. Oxford University Press, 2009, bk. 2.

Another quote of the following type Orders and commands

Abandon all hope, ye who enter here.

Dante Alighieri

Inferno

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Topic
Hell Hopelessness and despair Hope

Author

Dante Alighieri
Source
Inferno The Divine Comedy
Medium
Poem
Genre
Narrative poem Epic poem Religious literature
Statement Type
Orders and commands
Language
Italian
Time
1321 1320s 14th century
Era
Middle Ages
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Alighieri, Dante. "Inferno [Hell]." La Comedia di Dante Alleghieri [The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri]. Foligno: Johann Numeister and Evangelista Angelini da Trevi, 1472.

Current Citation

Alighieri, Dante. "Inferno." The Divine Comedy, edited by David H. Higgins, translated by C. H. Sisson. Oxford University Press, 2008.