But let justice run down like water,
And righteousness like a mighty stream.

וְיִגַּ֥ל כַּמַּ֖יִם מִשְׁפָּ֑ט וּצְדָקָ֖ה כְּנַ֥חַל אֵיתָֽן׃

Amos 5:24

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Justice Righteousness

Source

Amos The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Statement Type

Prophecies and predictions Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

Hebrew

Time

750 BC 750s BC 8th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

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Citation

The Holy Bible, New King James Version. Thomas Nelson, 1982. (Amos 5:24).

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It is justice, not charity, that is wanting in the world.

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Mary Wollstonecraft
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A Vindiction of the Rights of Woman
Genre
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English
Time
1792 1790s 18th century
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Original Citation

Wollstonecraft, Mary. A Vindication of the Rights of Woman: with Strictures on Political and Moral Subjects. Boston: Thomas and Andrews/London: J. Johnson, 1792, ch. 4.

Current Citation

Wollstonecraft, Mary. "A Vindication of the Rights of Women." A Vindication of the Rights of Women and A Vindication of the Rights of Men, edited by Janet Todd. Oxford University Press, 2009, ch. 4.

Another quote from the 8th century BC

Zeus does not bring all men's plans to fulfillment.

Achilles

Quoted in The Iliad, by Homer

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God and man Fate
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Achilles

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Homer
Source
The Iliad
Medium
Poem
Genre
Epic poem
Language
Greek
Time
700 BC 700s BC 8th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Homer. Ἰλιάς [The Iliad], edited by Demetrius Chalcondyles. Florence: Bernardus Nerlius and Demetrius Damilas, 1489, bk. 18, l. 328.

Current Citation

Homer. The Iliad, translated by Robert Fitzgerald. Oxford University Press, 2014, bk. 18, l. 328.

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Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

Jesus

Matthew 22:37-39

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Loving God
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Jesus
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Gospel of Matthew The Bible
Medium
Scripture
Genre
Religious literature
Statement Type
Orders and commands
Language
Greek
Time
60 60s 1st century
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 3
Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Matthew 22:37-39).

Another quote originally in Hebrew

Honor thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.

God

Exodus 20:12

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Parents and children Filial piety The Ten Commandments
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God
Source
Exodus The Bible
Medium
Scripture
Genre
Religious literature
Statement Type
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Time
1405 BC 1400s BC 15th century BC
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Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 3
Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Exodus 20:12).

Another quote of the following type Metaphor, analogy and simile

A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world.

Oscar Wilde

Intentions

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Dreamers Avant garde
Speaker
Gilbert

Author

Oscar Wilde
Source
The Critic as Artist Intentions
Medium
Essay
Statement Type
Metaphor, analogy and simile
Language
English
Time
1891 1890s 19th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Wilde, Oscar. "The Critic as Artist." Intentions. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1891, pt. 2.

Current Citation

Wilde, Oscar. "The Critic as Artist Part II." Oscar Wilde: The Major Works, edited by Isobel Murray. Oxford University Press, 2008.