Thou shalt have no other gods before me.

לֹֽ֣א יִהְיֶֽה־לְךָ֛֩ אֱלֹהִ֥֨ים אֲחֵרִ֖֜ים עַל־פָּנָֽ֗יַ ׃

God

Exodus 20:3

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Topic

Monotheism Idolatry The Ten Commandments

Speaker

God

Source

Exodus The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Statement Type

Orders and commands

Language

Hebrew

Time

1405 BC 1400s BC 15th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Exodus 20:3).

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The people that once bestowed commands, consulships, legions, and all else, now concerns itself no more, and longs eagerly for just two things-bread and circuses!

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Decline of civilization Decadence

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Juvenal
Source
Satires
Medium
Poem
Language
Latin
Time
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Classical antiquity
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Juvenal. Satirae [Satires]. c. 127, satire 10.

Current Citation

Juvenal. The Satires, translated by Niall Rudd. Oxford University Press, 2008, satire 10.

Another quote originally in Hebrew

He who finds a wife finds a good thing, And obtains favor from the Lord.

Proverbs 18:22

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Source
Proverbs The Bible
Medium
Scripture
Genre
Religious literature
Language
Hebrew
Time
686 BC 680s BC 7th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 3
Citation

The Holy Bible, New King James Version. Thomas Nelson, 1982. (Proverbs 18:22).

Another quote of the following type Orders and commands

Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!

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Topic
Berlin Wall Cold War Communism
Speaker
Ronald Reagan
Source
Address at the Brandenburg Gate
Medium
Speech
Genre
Political speech
Statement Type
Orders and commands
Language
English
Time
1987 1980s 20th century
Authentication Score 2
Citation

Reagan, Ronald. "Tear Down This Wall!" 12 June 1987, Brandenburg Gate, West Berlin, Germany.