Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.

מִֽכָּל־מִ֭שְׁמָר נְצֹ֣ר לִבֶּ֑ךָ כִּֽי־מִ֝מֶּ֗נּוּ תֹּוצְאֹ֥ות חַיִּֽים׃

Proverbs 4:23

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Self-protection The heart

Source

Proverbs The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Statement Type

Advice

Language

Hebrew

Time

686 BC 680s BC 7th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible, New International Version. International Bible Society, 1978. (Proverbs 4:23).

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Another quote from the 7th century BC

Trust in the Lord with all your heart, And lean not on your own understanding;
In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He shall direct your paths.

Proverbs 3:5-6

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Trust in God God and man
Source
Proverbs The Bible
Medium
Scripture
Genre
Religious literature
Statement Type
Advice
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 3:5-6).

Another quote from Classical antiquity

Rage-Goddess, sing the rage of Peleus's son Achilles, murderous, doomed, that cost the Achaeans countless losses.

Homer

The Iliad

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Homer
Source
The Iliad
Medium
Poem
Genre
Epic poem
Statement Type
Opening lines
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. 1, l. 1.

Current Citation

Homer. The Iliad, translated by Robert Fitzgerald. Oxford University Press, 2014, bk. 1, l. 1.

Another quote originally in Hebrew

And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.

Genesis 3:4-5

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Topic
Eye opening experience Temptation Original sin Eve The devil
Source
Genesis The Bible
Medium
Scripture
Genre
Religious literature
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. (Genesis 3:4-5).

Another quote of the following type Advice

My advice to you is to start drinking heavily.

Bluto

Animal House

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Drinking alcohol Alcohol
Speaker
Bluto
Actor
John Belushi
Source
Animal House
Medium
Film
Genre
Comedy (film) Comedy
Statement Type
Advice
Language
English
Time
1978 1970s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Animal House. Directed by John Landis, Universal Pictures, 1978.