To do two things at once is to do neither.

Publilius Syrus

Sententiae

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Topic

Multitasking Finishing a task

Author

Publilius Syrus

Source

Sententiae

Medium

Epigram

Language

Latin

Time

43 BC 40s BC 1st century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Occupation

Writer

From

Turkey Europe

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Publilius Syrus. Sententiae. c. 1st century BC.

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Topic
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Speaker
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Source
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Medium
Scripture
Genre
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Language
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Time
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Era
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Citation

The Holy Bible, New King James Version. Thomas Nelson, 1982. (Matthew 25:35-36).

Another quote originally in Latin

The die is cast.

Julius Caesar

Quoted in Lives of the Caesars, by Suetonius

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Topic
No turning back Decisions and choices
Speaker
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Author

Suetonius
Source
Lives of the Caesars
Genre
Biography Historical literature
Language
Latin
Time
49 BC 40s BC 1st century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Caesar, Julius. Quoted in De vita Caesarum [About the Life of the Caesars], by Suetonius. 121 AD.

Current Citation

Caesar, Julius. Quoted in "Divus Julius." Lives of the Caesars, written by Suetonius, translated by Robert Graves. Penguin, 2007, sect. 32.