Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour.

Νήψατε, γρηγορήσατε. ὁ ἀντίδικος ὑμῶν διάβολος ὡς λέων ὠρυόμενος περιπατεῖ ζητῶν τινα καταπιεῖν.

1st Peter 5:8

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Topic

The devil

Source

1st Peter The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Statement Type

Advice

Language

Greek

Time

65 60s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (1st Peter 5:8).

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Of all the creatures that breathe and move across the earth, there is nothing feebler than man.

Homer

The Odyssey

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Topic
Human frailty Nature of man

Author

Homer
Source
The Odyssey
Medium
Poem
Genre
Epic poem
Language
Greek
Time
700 BC 700s BC 8th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Homer. Ὀδύσσεια [Odyssey]. c. 710 BC, bk. 18, l. 130.

Current Citation

Homer. The Odyssey, edited by Bernard Knox, translated by Robert Fagles. Penguin Classics, 2006, bk. 18, l. 130.

Another quote originally in Greek

And so it was, that, while they were there, the days were accomplished that she should be delivered. And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn.

Luke 2:6, 7

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Topic
Jesus's birth Nativity story
Source
Gospel of Luke The Bible
Medium
Scripture
Genre
Religious literature
Language
Greek
Time
61 60s 1st century
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 3
Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Luke 2:6-7).

Another quote of the following type Advice

This above all, to refuse to be a victim.

Margaret Atwood

Surfacing

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Topic
Locus of control

Author

Margaret Atwood
Source
Surfacing
Medium
Novel
Statement Type
Advice
Language
English
Time
1972 1970s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Atwood, Margaret. Surfacing. McClelland and Stewart, 1972, ch. 27.