Hear the other side.

Audi partem alteram.

St. Augustine

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Topic

Tolerance Listening Goodwill

Author

St. Augustine

Source

On Two Souls, Against the Manichaeans

Genre

Philosophical literature Religious literature

Statement Type

Advice

Language

Latin

Time

391 390s 4th century

Era

Classical antiquity

Occupation

Christian philosopher Early Christian Theologian Christian writer Christian Writer

From

Algeria Africa Roman Empire

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Citation

St. Augustine of Hippo. De Duabus Animabus Contra Manichaeos. [Concerning Two Souls, Against the Manichaeans.] 391 AD.

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Give me chastity and continency—but not yet!

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Topic
Chastity Sexual morality Self-control Sex

Author

St. Augustine
Source
Confessions
Genre
Autobiography and memoir
Language
Latin
Time
398 390s 4th century
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 1
Original Citation

Augustine of Hippo. Confessiones [Confessions]. c. 398, bk. 8, ch. 7.

Current Citation

Augustine of Hippo. Confessions, translated by R. S. Pine-Coffin. Penguin Classics, 1961, bk. 8, ch. 7.

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Time, the devourer of all things.

Ovid

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Topic
Effects of time Relentlessness of time Time

Author

Ovid
Source
Metamorphoses
Medium
Poem
Statement Type
Metaphor, analogy and simile
Language
Latin
Time
8 0s 1st century
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Ovid. Metamorphōsēs [Metamorphoses]. c. 8 CE, bk. 15, l. 234.

Current Citation

Ovid. Metamorphoses, translated by David Raeburn. Penguin Classics, 2004, bk. 15, l. 234.

Another quote originally in Latin

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Sextus Propertius

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Topic
Nature of love Love

Author

Sextus Propertius
Source
Elegies
Medium
Poem
Language
Latin
Time
24 BC 20s BC 1st century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Sextus Propertius. Elegies. c. 24 BC, bk. 2.

Current Citation

Sextus Propertius. Elegies, edited and translated by G. P. Goold. Harvard University Press, 1990, bk. 2.

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Waste no more time arguing what a good man should be. Be one.

Marcus Aurelius

Meditations

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Topic
Words vs. actions Taking action Self-improvement Personal growth

Author

Marcus Aurelius
Source
Meditations
Medium
Personal journal
Genre
Philosophical literature
Statement Type
Advice
Language
Greek
Time
180 180s 2nd century
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 1
Original Citation

Aurelius, Marcus. Meditations. c. 180, bk. 10.

Current Citation

Aurelius, Marcus. Meditations, edited and translated by Martin Hammond. Penguin Classics, 2015, bk. 10.