Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days.

שַׁלַּ֥ח לַחְמְךָ֖ עַל־פְּנֵ֣י הַמָּ֑יִם כִּֽי־בְרֹ֥ב הַיָּמִ֖ים תִּמְצָאֶֽנּוּ׃

Ecclesiastes 11:1

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Helping others What goes around comes around Generosity Charity

Source

Ecclesiastes The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Statement Type

Orders and commands

Language

Hebrew

Time

931 BC 930s BC 10th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

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Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Ecclesiastes 11:1).

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Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.

Jesus

Matthew 25:40

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Serving others
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Jesus
Source
Gospel of Matthew The Bible
Medium
Scripture
Genre
Religious literature
Language
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Time
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Era
Classical antiquity
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Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Matthew 25:40).

Another quote originally in Hebrew

And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons. And they heard the voice of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day.

Genesis 3:7-8

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Nakedness Shame Loss of innocence Clothing Original sin
Source
Genesis The Bible
Medium
Scripture
Genre
Religious literature
Language
Hebrew
Time
1405 BC 1400s BC 15th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
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Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Genesis 3:7-8).

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
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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.