If there is but little water in the stream, it is the fault, not of the channel, but of the source.

Si rivus tenuiter fluit, non est alvei culpa, sed fontis.

St. Jerome

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Topic

Assigning blame

Author

St. Jerome

Medium

Letter

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

Latin

Time

379 370s 4th century

Era

Classical antiquity

Occupation

Catholic saint Clergyman Christian Writer

From

Europe Roman Empire

Authentication Score 1

Citation

Saint Jerome. Letter to Presbyter Marcus. c. 379, sect. 2.

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Topic
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Author

St. Augustine
Source
Confessions
Genre
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Language
Latin
Time
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Era
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Authentication Score 1
Original Citation

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Current Citation

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Matthew 16:25

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Topic
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Speaker
Jesus
Source
Gospel of Matthew The Bible
Medium
Scripture
Genre
Religious literature
Statement Type
Paradox
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Era
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Authentication Score 3
Citation

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Quoted in Plutarch's Lives, by Plutarch

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Topic
War
Speaker
Cato the Elder

Author

Plutarch
Source
Plutarch's Lives
Medium
Speech
Genre
Political speech
Statement Type
Declaration
Language
Latin
Time
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Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 2
Citation

Cato the Elder. Speech within the Roman Senate prior to the Third Punic War. c. 149 BC, Rome, Italy.

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

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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. "Περὶ τοῦ ἀκούειν [On Hearing]." Ἠθικά Ethika [Moralia]. c. 100 AD.

Current Citation

Plutarch. "On Listening." Essays. Penguin Classics, 1993.