Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you.

ἐγγίσατε τῷ Θεῷ, καὶ ἐγγισεῖ ὑμῖν.

James 4:8

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Topic

Closeness to God

Source

James The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Statement Type

Advice

Language

Greek

Time

49 40s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

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Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (James 4:8).

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Another quote from Classical antiquity

The mind is not a vessel that needs filling, but wood that needs igniting.

Plutarch

Moralia

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Topic
The mind Education Learning

Author

Plutarch
Source
Of Listening Moralia
Medium
Essay
Statement Type
Metaphor, analogy and simile
Language
Greek
Time
2nd century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Plutarch. "Περὶ τοῦ ἀκούειν [On Hearing]." Ἠθικά Ethika [Moralia]. c. 100 AD.

Current Citation

Plutarch. "On Listening." Essays. Penguin Classics, 1993.

Another quote originally in Greek

When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child; but when I became a man, I put away childish things.

Apostle Paul

1st Corinthians 13:11

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Topic
Being a man Growing up Maturity

Author

Apostle Paul
Source
1st Corinthians The Bible
Medium
Scripture
Genre
Religious literature
Language
Greek
Time
55 50s 1st century
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 3
Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (1st Corinthians 13:11).

Another quote of the following type Advice

Distrust all in whom the impulse to punish is powerful.

Friedrich Nietzsche

Thus Spoke Zarathustra

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Topic
Sadism

Author

Friedrich Nietzsche
Source
Thus Spoke Zarathustra
Genre
Philosophical literature
Statement Type
Advice
Language
German
Time
1883 1880s 19th century
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Nietzsche, Friedrich. Also sprach Zarathustra: Ein Buch für Alle und Keinen [Thus Spoke Zarathustra: A Book for All and None]. Chemnitz: Ernst Schmeitzner, 1884, pt. 2.

Current Citation

Nietzsche, Friedrich. Nietzsche: Thus Spoke Zarathustra, edited by Robert Pippin, translated by Adrian Del Caro. Cambridge University Press, 2006, pt. 2.