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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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 III: To Rufinus the Monk." Letters of Saint Jerome. 374.

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Another quote about Friendship

The only reward of virtue is virtue; the only way to have a friend is to be one.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Topic
Virtue Friendship Reciprocity

Author

Ralph Waldo Emerson
Source
Friendship Essays: First Series
Medium
Essay
Language
English
Time
1841 1840s 19th century
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Original Citation

Emerson, Ralph Waldo. "Friendship." Essays: First Series. Boston: James Munroe and Company, 1841.

Current Citation

Emerson, Ralph Waldo. "Friendship." The Essential Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson. Edited by Brooks Atkinson. Modern Library, 2000.

Another quote from the 4th century

Give me chastity and continency—but not yet!

St. Augustine

Confessions

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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

St. Augustine of Hippo. Confessions and Enchiridion. c. 398, bk. 8, ch. 7.

Current Citation

St. Augustine of Hippo. Confessions. Translated by Henry Chadwick. Oxford UP, 2009, bk. 8, ch. 7.

Another quote from Classical antiquity

For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

Jesus

Matthew 6:21

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Priorities Sermon on the Mount
Speaker
Jesus
Source
Gospel of Matthew The Bible
Medium
Scripture
Genre
Religious literature
Language
Greek
Time
60 60s 1st century
Era
Classical antiquity
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Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Matthew 6:21).

Another quote originally in Latin

To every action there is always opposed an equal reaction; or, the mutual actions of two bodies upon each other are always equal, and directed to contrary parts.

Isaac Newton

Principia

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Cause and effect Physics Science

Author

Isaac Newton
Source
Principia
Genre
Scientific literature
Language
Latin
Time
1726 1720s 18th century
Era
Age of Enlightenment
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Original Citation

Newton, Isaac. "Axioms or Laws of Motion: Law 3." Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica [Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy.] 1726.

Current Citation

Newton, Isaac. "Axioms or Laws of Motion: Law 3." Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica [Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy.] Translated by Andrew Motte. Prometheus, 1995.

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Glass, China, and Reputation, are easily crack’d, and never well mended.

Poor Richard (Benjamin Franklin)

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Reputation

Author

Poor Richard (Benjamin Franklin)
Source
Poor Richard's Almanack
Medium
Almanac
Statement Type
Proverbs, aphorisms and adages Metaphor, analogy and simile
Language
English
Time
1750 1750s 18th century
Era
Colonial America
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Citation

Franklin, Benjamin. Poor Richard Improved. 1750.