Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.

אֵיפֹ֣ה הָ֭יִיתָ בְּיָסְדִי־אָ֑רֶץ הַ֝גֵּ֗ד אִם־יָדַ֥עְתָּ בִינָֽה׃

God

Job 38:4

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Topic

Creation of the world God and man

Speaker

God

Source

Book of Job The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Statement Type

Question

Language

Hebrew

Time

500 BC 500s BC 6th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Job 38:4).

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So, loath to suffer mute,
We, peopling the void air,
Make Gods to whom to impute
The ills we ought to bear.

Matthew Arnold

Empedocles on Etna

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God and man

Author

Matthew Arnold
Source
Empedocles on Etna
Medium
Poem
Language
English
Time
1852 1850s 19th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Arnold, Matthew, [published as A]. "Empedocles on Etna." Empedocles on Etna, and Other Poems. London: B. Fellowes, 1852, act 1, sc. 2.

Another quote from the 6th century BC

A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.

Ahiqar

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Topic
Minimizing risk Risk

Author

Ahiqar
Source
Proverbs of Ahiqar
Genre
Wisdom literature
Language
Assyrian
Time
500 BC 500s BC 6th century BC
Authentication Score 1
Original Citation

Ahiqar. The Story of Ahikar. c. 500 BC.

Current Citation

Ahiqar. The Story of Ahikar, translated by Herbert Lindenberger. The John Hopkins Near Eastern Studies, 1983.

Another quote from Classical antiquity

I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up from that land to a good and large land, to a land flowing with milk and honey.

Exodus 3:8

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Deliverance of Israel Liberation
Source
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, New King James Version. Thomas Nelson, 1982. (Exodus 3:8).

Another quote originally in Hebrew

What is hateful to you do not to your neighbor: that is the whole Torah. The rest is commentary.

Hillel the Elder

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Topic
Golden rule Reciprocity

Author

Hillel the Elder
Source
Talmud
Medium
Scripture
Genre
Religious literature
Statement Type
Orders and commands
Language
Hebrew
Time
10 10s 1st century
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

The Talmud. The William Davidson Talmud. Shabbat 31a.

Current Citation

The Babylonian Talmud, translated by A. Cohen. Cambridge University, 2013, Shabbat 31a.

Another quote of the following type Question

You talkin' to me? You talkin' to me? You talkin' to me? Then who the hell else are you talkin' to? You talkin' to me? Well I'm the only one here. Who the fuck do you think you're talking to? Oh yeah, yeah. Okay.

Taxi Driver

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Talking
Speaker
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Actor
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Taxi Driver
Medium
Film
Genre
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Statement Type
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Language
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Time
1976 1970s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
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Taxi Driver. Directed by Martin Scorsese, Bill/Phillips Productions/Italo/Judeo Productions, 1976.