A man who lives everywhere lives nowhere.

Quisquis ubique habitat, Maxime, nusquam habitat.

Martial

Epigrams

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Topic

Citizens of the world Rootedness Place

Author

Martial

Source

Epigrams

Medium

Epigram

Language

Latin

Time

103 100s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

Occupation

Poet Writer

From

Spain Europe Roman Empire

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Original Citation

Martial. Epigrammata [Epigrams]. c. 102 AD, bk. 7, no. 73.

Current Citation

Martial. Epigrams, translated by Gideon Nisbet. Oxford University Press, 2015, bk. 7, no. 73.

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He who is to be a good ruler must have first been ruled.

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Governing Empathy in politics Politics

Author

Aristotle
Source
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Genre
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Language
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Time
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Era
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Original Citation

Aristotle. Politics. 4th century BC, bk. 7.

Current Citation

Aristotle. Politics, translated by R. F. Stalley and Sir Ernest Barker. Oxford University Press, 2009, bk. 7.

Another quote originally in Latin

They wonder much to hear that gold, which in itself is so useless a thing, should be everywhere so much esteemed, that even men for whom it was made, and by whom it has its value, should yet be thought of less value than it is.

Thomas More

Utopia

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Topic
Gold

Author

Thomas More
Source
Utopia
Genre
Satire Political literature
Language
Latin
Time
1516 1520s 16th century
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

More, Thomas. Libellus vere aureus, nec minus salutaris quam festivus, de optimo rei publicae statu deque nova insula Utopia. Leuven: Self-published, 1516, bk. 2.

Current Citation

More, Thomas. Utopia, edited and translated by Paul Turner. Penguin Classics, 2003, bk. 2.