I have erected a monument more lasting than bronze.

Exegi monumentum aere perennius.

Horace

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Topic

Immortality through art Artistic legacy Art Poetry

Author

Horace

Source

Odes (Horace)

Medium

Poem

Statement Type

Boast

Language

Latin

Time

23 BC 20s BC 1st century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Occupation

Poet Writer

From

Italy Europe Roman Empire

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Horace. Carmina [Odes]. 23 BC, bk. 3, no. 30.

Current Citation

Horace. "Odes." The Complete Odes and Epodes, translated by David West. Oxford University Press, 2008, bk, 3, no. 30.

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Another quote by Horace

Seize the day, put no trust in the morrow!

Horace

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Living life to the fullest Living in the moment

Author

Horace
Source
Odes (Horace)
Medium
Poem
Statement Type
Advice
Language
Latin
Time
23 BC 20s BC 1st century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Horace. Carmina [Odes]. 23 BC, bk. 1, no. 11.

Current Citation

Horace. "Odes." The Complete Odes and Epodes, translated by David West. Oxford University Press, 2008, bk. 1, no. 11.

Another quote about Art

The most perfect of all works of art is true political freedom.

Friedrich Schiller

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Topic
Freedom Art

Author

Friedrich Schiller
Medium
Treatise
Genre
Philosophical literature
Language
German
Time
1794 1790s 18th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Schiller, Friedrich. "Über die ästhetische Erziehung des Menschen in einer Reihe von Briefen [On the Aesthetic Education of Man]." Horen, Jan. 1795, letter 2.

Current Citation

Schiller, Friedrich. On the Aesthetic Education of Man, edited by Alexander Schimidt, translated by Kenneth Tribe. Penguin Classics, 2016, letter 2.

Another quote from Classical antiquity

Pilate said to Him, “What is truth?”

John 18:38

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Topic
Truth
Speaker
Pontius Pilate
Source
Gospel of John The Bible
Medium
Scripture
Genre
Religious literature
Statement Type
Question
Language
Greek
Time
90 90s 1st century
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 3
Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (1st John 18:38).

Another quote originally in Latin

They wonder much to hear that gold, which in itself is so useless a thing, should be everywhere so much esteemed, that even men for whom it was made, and by whom it has its value, should yet be thought of less value than it is.

Thomas More

Utopia

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Gold

Author

Thomas More
Source
Utopia
Genre
Satire Political literature
Language
Latin
Time
1516 1520s 16th century
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

More, Thomas. Libellus vere aureus, nec minus salutaris quam festivus, de optimo rei publicae statu deque nova insula Utopia. Leuven: Self-published, 1516, bk. 2.

Current Citation

More, Thomas. Utopia, edited and translated by Paul Turner. Penguin Classics, 2003, bk. 2.

Another quote of the following type Boast

It's hard to be humble when you are as great as I am.

Muhammad Ali

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Topic
Humility Greatness
Speaker
Muhammad Ali
Statement Type
Boast
Language
English
Time
1974 1970s 20th century
Authentication Score 1
Citation

Ali, Muhammad. Quoted in The New York Times. 30 Nov. 1974.