Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.

הֵן־בְּעָוֹ֥ון חֹולָ֑לְתִּי וּ֝בְחֵ֗טְא יֶֽחֱמַ֥תְנִי אִמִּֽי׃

Psalm 51:5

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Original sin Human nature

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Religious literature

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Hebrew

Time

450 BC 450s BC 5th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Psalm 51:5).

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How little do we know that which we are!
How less what we may be!

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Lord Byron
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Don Juan
Medium
Poem
Language
English
Time
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Lord Byron. Don Juan. London: John Hunt, 1824, canto 15, st. 99.

Current Citation

Lord Byron. "Don Juan." Lord Byron: The Major Works, edited by Jerome J. McGann. Oxford University Press, 2008, canto 15, st. 99.

Another quote from the 5th century BC

Know the enemy and know yourself; in a hundred battles you will never be defeated.

Sun Tzu

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The Art of War
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Language
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Time
475 BC 470s BC 5th century BC
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Original Citation

Sun Tzu. 孫子兵法 [The Art of War]. c. 475 BC, ch. 3.

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Another quote from Classical antiquity

We learn an art or craft by doing the things that we shall have to do when we have learnt it.

Aristotle

The Nicomachean Ethics

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The Nicomachean Ethics
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Language
Greek
Time
322 BC 320s BC 4th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 2
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Aristotle. Ἠθικὰ Νικομάχεια, Ēthika Nikomacheia [Nicomachean Ethics]. c. 322 BC.

Current Citation

Aristotle. Nicomachean Ethics, translated by Terence Irwin. Hackett Publishing, 2019, bk. 2.

Another quote originally in Hebrew

He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.

Proverbs 13:20

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Proverbs The Bible
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Hebrew
Time
686 BC 680s BC 7th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 3
Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Proverbs 13:20).