The man who has planned badly, if fortune is on his side, may have had a stroke of luck; but his plan was a bad one nonetheless.

ὁ δὲ βουλευσάμενος αἰσχρῶς, εἴ οἱ ἡ τύχη ἐπίσποιτο, εὕρημα εὕρηκε, ἧσσον δὲ οὐδέν οἱ κακῶς βεβούλευται.’

Herodotus

Histories

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Bad decisions Good luck Fortune

Speaker

Artabanos

Author

Herodotus

Source

Histories

Genre

Historical literature

Language

Greek

Time

430 BC 430s BC 5th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Occupation

Historian Writer

From

Turkey Europe Ancient Greece

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Original Citation

Herodotus. Histories. 430 BC, bk. 7, sect. 10.

Current Citation

Herodotus. Histories. Translated by Robin Waterfield. Oxford UP, 2008, bk. 7, sect. 10.

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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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Language
Greek
Time
430 BC 430s BC 5th century BC
Era
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Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Thucidides. The Peloponnesian War. 5th century BC, 2, 40.

Current Citation

Thucydides. The Peloponnesian War. Translated by Martin Hammond. Oxford UP, 2009, bk. 2, ch. 40.

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Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's; and unto God the things that are God's.

Jesus

Matthew 22:21

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Church and state Religion and politics Taxes
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Jesus
Source
Gospel of Matthew The Bible
Medium
Scripture
Genre
Religious literature
Statement Type
Orders and commands
Language
Greek
Time
60 60s 1st century
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 3
Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Matthew 22:21).

Another quote originally in Greek

Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.

John the Baptist

John 1:29

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Jesus Sacrifice Forgiveness of sins
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John the Baptist
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Gospel of John The Bible
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Scripture
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Time
90 90s 1st century
Era
Classical antiquity
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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (John 1:29).