I count false words the foulest plague of all.

νόσημα γὰρ αἴσχιστον εἶναί φημι συνθέτους λόγους.

Aeschylus

Prometheus Bound

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Topic

Lies

Speaker

Prometheus

Author

Aeschylus

Source

Prometheus Bound

Medium

Play

Genre

Tragic play Greek theater

Language

Greek

Time

5th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Occupation

Playwright Writer

From

Greece Europe Ancient Greece

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Aeschylus. Promethus Bound. c. 430 B. C., l. 685.

Current Citation

Aeschylus. Promethus Bound. Translated by Philip Vellacott. Penguin, 1961, l. 685.

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Another quote from the 5th century BC

What is man, that thou art mindful of him?

Psalm 8:4

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Topic
God and man
Source
Psalms The Bible
Medium
Scripture
Genre
Religious literature
Statement Type
Question
Language
Hebrew
Time
-450 -450s 5th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 3
Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Psalm 8:4).

Another quote from Classical antiquity

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 UP, 2013, Shabbat 31a.

Another quote originally in Greek

The mind is not a vessel that needs filling, but wood that needs igniting.

Plutarch

Moralia

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Topic
The mind Education Learning

Author

Plutarch
Source
Of Listening Moralia
Medium
Essay
Statement Type
Metaphor, analogy and simile
Language
Greek
Time
2nd century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Plutarch. "Of Listening." Moralia, 18.

Current Citation

Plutarch. "On Listening to Lectures." Morali, vol. I. Translated by F. C. Babbitt. Harvard UP, 1927.