No man is wise enough by himself.

At nemo solus satis sapit.

Plautus

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Topic

Man as social animal Wisdom

Speaker

Periplectomenus

Author

Plautus

Source

The Braggart Soldier

Medium

Play

Language

Latin

Time

184 BC 180s BC 2nd century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Occupation

Playwright Writer

From

Italy Europe Roman Republic

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Citation

Plautus, Titus Maccius. Miles Gloriosus [The Swaggering Soldier]. c. 206 BC.

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Man was made for joy and woe,
And when this we rightly know
Through the world we safely go.

William Blake

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Topic
The human condition Wisdom Happiness Sadness

Author

William Blake
Source
Poems from the Pickering Manuscript
Medium
Poem
Language
English
Time
1805 1800s 19th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Blake, William. "Auguries of Innocence." Songs of Innocence and Experience, with Other Poems. London: Basil Montagu Pickering, 1866.

Current Citation

Blake, William. "Auguries of Innocence." William Blake: Selected Poems, edited by Nicholas Shrimpton. Oxford University Press, 2019.

Another quote from Classical antiquity

Old to grow, but ever learning.

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
Authentication Score 3
Citation

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

Another quote originally in Latin

Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice.

Baruch Spinoza

Tractatus Politicus

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Topic
Peace

Author

Baruch Spinoza
Source
Tractatus Politicus
Statement Type
Definition
Language
Latin
Time
1677 1670s 17th century
Authentication Score 1
Citation

Spinoza, Baruch. Tractatus Politicus [Political Treatise]. 1677, ch. 5, sect. 4.