A friend is long sought, hardly found, and with difficulty kept.

Amicum, qui diu quaeritur, vix invenitur, difficile servatur

St. Jerome

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Topic

Value of friendship Friendship Friends

Author

St. Jerome

Source

Letters of St. Jerome

Medium

Letter

Statement Type

Proverbs, aphorisms and adages

Language

Latin

Time

374 370s 4th century

Era

Classical antiquity

Occupation

Catholic saint Clergyman Christian Writer

From

Europe Roman Empire

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Citation

Saint Jerome. Letter to Rufinus the Monk. c. 374, sect. 6.

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If thy brother wrongs thee, remember not so much his wrong-doing, but more than ever that he is thy brother.

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The Enchiridion

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Brothers Friendship Forgiveness

Author

Epictetus
Source
The Enchiridion
Genre
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Time
135 130s 2nd century
Era
Classical antiquity
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Original Citation

Epictetus. Ἐγχειρίδιον Ἐπικτήτου, Enkheirídion Epiktḗtou [Enchiridion of Epictetus]. c. 125 CE, ch. 43.

Current Citation

Epictetus. Enchiridion, translated by George Long. Dover Publications, 2004, ch. 43.

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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
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Original Citation

Augustine of Hippo. Confessiones [Confessions]. c. 398, bk. 8, ch. 7.

Current Citation

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Another quote from Classical antiquity

Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither: the Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord.

Job

Job 1:21

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God is in control God The human condition
Speaker
Job
Source
Book of Job The Bible
Medium
Scripture
Genre
Religious literature
Language
Hebrew
Time
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Era
Classical antiquity
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Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Job 1:21).

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All we know is still infinitely less than all that still remains unknown.

William Harvey

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Author

William Harvey
Genre
Scientific literature
Language
Latin
Time
1628 1620s 17th century
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Citation

Harvey, William. "Dedication to Dr. Argent and Other Learned Physicians." Exercitatio Anatomica de Motu Cordis et Sanguinis in Animalibus [An Anatomical Exercise on the Motion of the Heart and Blood in Living Beings]. Frankfurt: William Fitzer, 1628.

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When the well’s dry, we know the worth of water.

Poor Richard (Benjamin Franklin)

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Poor Richard (Benjamin Franklin)
Source
Poor Richard's Almanack
Medium
Almanac
Statement Type
Proverbs, aphorisms and adages Metaphor, analogy and simile
Language
English
Time
1746 1740s 18th century
Era
Colonial America
Authentication Score 2
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Franklin, Benjamin [published as Richard Saunders]. Poor Richard's Almanack. Philadelphia, 1746.

Current Citation

Franklin, Benjamin. "Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1746." Benjamin Franklin: Autobiography, Poor Richard, and Later Writings, edited by J. A. Leo Lemay. Library of America, 2005.