But where shall wisdom be found?

וְֽ֭הַחָכְמָה מֵאַ֣יִן תִּמָּצֵ֑א

Job

Job 28:12

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Seeking wisdom Seeking Wisdom

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Job

Source

Book of Job The Bible

Medium

Scripture

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Religious literature

Statement Type

Question

Language

Hebrew

Time

500 BC 500s BC 6th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

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Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Job 28:12).

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Another quote about Wisdom

The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom.

William Blake

The Marriage of Heaven and Hell

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Learning from mistakes Mistakes Excess Wisdom

Author

William Blake
Source
The Marriage of Heaven and Hell
Medium
Poem
Genre
Philosophical literature
Statement Type
Proverbs, aphorisms and adages Paradox
Language
English
Time
1793 1790s 18th century
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Blake, William. "The Argument." The Marriage of Heaven and Hell. c. 1790.

Current Citation

Blake, William. "The Marriage of Heaven and Hell." The Complete Poetry and Prose of William Blake, edited by David V. Erdman. University of California Press, 2008.

Another quote from the 6th century BC

Some say cavalry and others claim infantry or a fleet of long oars is the supreme sight on the black earth. I say it is the one you love.

Sappho

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Loved ones

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Sappho
Medium
Poem
Language
Greek
Time
570 BC 570s BC 6th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 2
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Sappho. Supreme Sight on the Black Earth. c. 570 BCE.

Current Citation

Sappho. The Complete Poems of Sappho, edited by Willis Barnstone. Shambhala Publications, 2009.

Another quote from Classical antiquity

It is never right to do wrong or to requite wrong with wrong, or when we suffer evil to defend ourselves by doing evil in return.

Socrates

Quoted in Crito, by Plato

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Eye for an eye Retaliation Revenge Justice
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Socrates

Author

Plato
Source
Crito
Medium
Philosophical dialogue
Genre
Philosophical literature
Statement Type
Precepts and axioms
Language
Greek
Time
399 BC 390s BC 4th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Plato. Crito. 399 BCE.

Current Citation

Plato. "Crito." Plato: Euthyphro; Apology; Crito; Phaedo, translated by Christopher Emlyn-Jones and William Preddy. Harvard University Press, 2017.

Another quote originally in Hebrew

But I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue.

Moses

Exodus 4:10

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Speech impediments
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Moses
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Exodus 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. (Exodus 4:10).

Another quote of the following type Question

Whether a Million of Angels may not sit upon a needle's point?

William Chillingworth

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Scholasticism Angels

Author

William Chillingworth
Source
The Religion of Protestants
Genre
Religious literature
Statement Type
Question
Language
English
Time
1637 1630s 17th century
Authentication Score 2
Citation

Chillingworth, William. The Religion of Protestants a Safe Way to Salvation. Oxford: Leonard Lichfield, 1638.