Necessity knows no law except to prevail.

Nihil aliud scit necessitas quam vincere.

Publilius Syrus

Sententiae

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Necessity Desperation Moral theory

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Publilius Syrus

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Sententiae

Medium

Epigram

Language

Latin

Time

43 BC 40s BC 1st century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

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Writer

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Turkey Europe

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Publilius Syrus. Sententiae. c. 1st century BC.

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What I say is that "just" or "right" means nothing but what is to the interest of the stronger party.

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Plato
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Language
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Time
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Era
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Original Citation

Thrasymachus. Quoted in Πολιτεία [Republic], written by Plato. c. 375 BCE.

Current Citation

Thrasymachus. Quoted in Republic, written by Plato, translated by Desmond Lee. Penguin Classics, 2007.

Another quote from Classical antiquity

Laws are silent in time of war.

Cicero

Pro Milone

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Rule of law Law Legal theory Political theory War
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Cicero
Source
Pro Milone
Medium
Speech
Genre
Political speech
Language
Latin
Time
52 BC 50s BC 1st century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Cicero, Marcus Tullius. Pro Milone [In Defense of Milo]. c. 52 BC, sect. 11.

Current Citation

Cicero, Marcus Tullius. Pro Milone [For Milo], translated by D. H. Berry. Oxford University Press, 2009, sect. 11.

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Finally we shall place the Sun himself at the center of the Universe. All this is suggested by the systematic procession of events and the harmony of the whole Universe, if we only face the facts, as they say, "with both eyes open."

Nicolaus Copernicus

On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres

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Nicolaus Copernicus
Source
On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres
Genre
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Language
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Time
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Original Citation

Copernicus, Nicolaus. De revolutionibus orbium coelestium [On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres]. Nuremburg: Johannes Petreius, 1543, bk. 1, ch. 9.

Current Citation

Copernicus, Nicolaus. On the Revolutions of Heavenly Spheres. Prometheus, 1995, bk. 1, ch. 9.