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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Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers.

Alfred Tennyson

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Knowledge Wisdom

Author

Alfred Tennyson
Source
Locksley Hall Poems
Medium
Poem
Language
English
Time
1842 1840s 19th century
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Original Citation

Tennyson, Alfred. "Locksley Hall." Poems. Vol. 2, London: Edward Moxon, 1842, I. 141.

Current Citation

Tennyson, Alfred, Lord. "Locksley Hall." Alfred Tennyson: The Major Works, edited by Adam Roberts. Oxford University Press, 2009, I. 141.

Another quote from Classical antiquity

What indeed has Athens to do with Jerusalem?

Tertullian

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Topic
Athens and Jerusalem Athens Jerusalem Philosophy Religion

Author

Tertullian
Source
On the Prescription of Heretics
Medium
Treatise
Genre
Religious literature
Statement Type
Question
Language
Latin
Time
220 220s 3rd century
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 1
Citation

Tertullian. De Praescriptione Haereticorum [On the Prescription of Heretics]. c. 1892, ch. 7.

Another quote originally in Latin

Therefore it is necessary to arrive at a prime mover, put in motion by no other; and this everyone understands to be God.

St. Thomas Aquinas

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Topic
Origin of the universe God Creation

Author

St. Thomas Aquinas
Source
Summa Theologica
Genre
Religious literature
Language
Latin
Time
1265 1260s 13th century
Era
Middle Ages
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Original Citation

Saint Thomas Aquinus. Summa Theologica. c. 1274, pt. 1.

Current Citation

Saint Thomas Aquinus. The Summa Theologica of St. Thomas Aquinas, translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Provinc. Christian Classics, 1981, pt. 1.