The animal needing something knows how much it needs, the man does not.

Democritus

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Topic

Man and animals Appetite Excess

Author

Democritus

Medium

Presocratic fragment Fragment

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

Greek

Time

370 BC 370s BC 4th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Occupation

Philosopher

From

Greece Europe Ancient Greece

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Democritus. c. 370 BC, fragment 198.

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Sophocles
Source
Antigone
Medium
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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

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Current Citation

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The traveler with nothing on him sings in the robber’s face.

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Juvenal
Source
Satires
Medium
Poem
Statement Type
Proverbs, aphorisms and adages
Language
Latin
Time
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Original Citation

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Current Citation

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Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing.

Apostle Paul

1st Thessalonians 5:11

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Topic
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Author

Apostle Paul
Source
1st Thessalonians The Bible
Medium
Scripture
Genre
Religious literature
Language
Greek
Time
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Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 3
Citation

The Holy Bible, New International Version. International Bible Society, 1978. (1st Thessalonians 5:11).