Thrice blessed (and more) are they whom an unbroken bond holds and whose love, never strained by nasty quarrels, will not slip until their dying day.

Felices ter et amplius quos irrupta tenet copula nec malis divulsus querimoniis suprema citius solvet amor die.

Horace

Odes

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Love Hashtag blessed Relationships

Author

Horace

Source

Odes

Medium

Poem

Language

Latin

Time

23 BC 20s BC 1st century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Occupation

Poet Writer

From

Italy Europe Roman Empire

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Original Citation

Horace. Carmina [Odes]. 23 BC, bk. 1, no. 13.

Current Citation

Horace. "Odes." The Complete Odes and Epodes, translated by David West. Oxford University Press, 2008, bk. 1, no. 13.

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I have erected a monument more lasting than bronze.

Horace

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Immortality through art Artistic legacy Art Poetry

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Horace
Source
Odes (Horace)
Medium
Poem
Statement Type
Boast
Language
Latin
Time
23 BC 20s BC 1st century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Horace. Carmina [Odes]. 23 BC, bk. 3, no. 30.

Current Citation

Horace. "Odes." The Complete Odes and Epodes, translated by David West. Oxford University Press, 2008, bk, 3, no. 30.

Another quote about Love

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Sextus Propertius

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Nature of love Love

Author

Sextus Propertius
Source
Elegies
Medium
Poem
Language
Latin
Time
24 BC 20s BC 1st century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Sextus Propertius. Elegies. c. 24 BC, bk. 2.

Current Citation

Sextus Propertius. Elegies, edited and translated by G. P. Goold. Harvard University Press, 1990, bk. 2.

Another quote from Classical antiquity

Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake, For theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

Jesus

Matthew 5:10

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Religious persecution Beatitudes 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
Authentication Score 3
Citation

The Holy Bible, New King James Version. Thomas Nelson, 1982. (Matthew 5:10).

Another quote originally in Latin

I will devote myself sincerely and without reservation to the general demolition of my opinions.

René Descartes

Meditations on First Philosophy

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Questioning one's beliefs

Author

René Descartes
Source
Meditations on First Philosophy
Genre
Philosophical literature
Language
Latin
Time
1641 1640s 17th century
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Descartes, René. Meditationes de Prima Philosophia, in qua Dei existentia et animæ immortalitas demonstratur [Meditations on First Philosophy, in which the existence of God and the immortality of the soul are demonstrated]. Paris, 1641, first meditation.

Current Citation

Descarte, René. "Meditations on First Philosophy." Discourse on Method and Meditations on First Philosophy, translated by Donald A. Cress. Hackett Publishing, 1999, first meditation.