Things are not always what they seem.

Non semper ea sunt quae videntur.

Phaedrus

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Topic

Looks are deceiving Appearance vs. reality

Author

Phaedrus

Source

Fables

Medium

Fable and fairy tale

Language

Latin

Time

50 50s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

Occupation

Writer

From

Greece Europe

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Original Citation

Phaedrus. Fables. c. 50 AD, bk. 4, fable 2.

Current Citation

Phaedrus and Babrius. Fables, translated by Ben Edwin Perry. Harvard University Press, 1965, bk. 4, fable 2.

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People are not always what they seem.

Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

Nathan the Wise

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Topic
Appearance vs. reality
Speaker
Daya

Author

Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
Source
Nathan the Wise
Medium
Play
Language
German
Time
1783 1780s 18th century
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Lessing, Gotthold Ephraim. Nathan der Weise [Nathan the Wise]. 14 Apr. 1783, Dobbelinsches Theatre, Berlin, Germany, act 1, sc. 6.

Current Citation

Lessing, Gotthold Ephraim. Nathan the Wise, translated by William Taylor. Dover Publications, 2015, act 1, sc. 6.

Another quote from Classical antiquity

For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.

Jesus

John 3:17

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Topic
Salvation Jesus
Speaker
Jesus
Source
Gospel of John The Bible
Medium
Scripture
Genre
Religious literature
Language
Greek
Time
90 90s 1st century
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 3
Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (John 3:17).

Another quote originally in Latin

Give me chastity and continency—but not yet!

St. Augustine

Confessions

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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.