Never shall I say that marriage brings more joy than pain.

οὔποτε φήσω γάμον εὐφραίνειν
πλέον ἢ λυπεῖν

Euripides

Alcestis

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Topic

Relationship challenges Marriage

Speaker

Chorus Leader

Author

Euripides

Source

Alcestis

Medium

Play

Genre

Tragedy (play)

Language

Greek

Time

438 BC 430s BC 5th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Occupation

Playwright Writer

From

Greece Europe

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Euripides. Ἄλκηστις [Alcestis]. 438 BC, City Dionysia festival, Athens, Greece.

Current Citation

Euripides. "Alcestis." Euripides I: Alcestis, Medea, The Children of Hercules, Hippolytus, edited and translated by Richard Lattimore, et. al. University of Chicago Press, 2013.

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Prenuptial agreement. Everybody needs a prenup! People think you gotta be rich to get a prenup, oh no! You got 20 million, your wife want 10, big deal, you ain't starvin'. But if you make 30 thousand, and your wife want 15, you might have to kill her!

Chris Rock

Bring the Pain

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Chris Rock
Source
Bring the Pain
Medium
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Genre
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Language
English
Time
1996 1990s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Rock, Chris. Chris Rock: Bring the Pain. HBO, 1 June 1996.

Another quote from the 5th century BC

O give thanks unto the Lord; for he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever.

David

1st Chronicles 16:34

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Gratitude to God Gratitude
Speaker
David
Source
1st Chronicles The Bible
Medium
Scripture
Genre
Religious literature
Statement Type
Orders and commands
Language
Hebrew
Time
430 BC 430s BC 5th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 3
Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (1st Chronicles 16:34).

Another quote from Classical antiquity

If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

1st John 1:8

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Source
1st John The Bible
Medium
Scripture
Genre
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Language
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Time
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Era
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Citation

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

Another quote originally in Greek

All men have need of the Gods.

Homer

The Odyssey

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God and man God Human nature

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. 3, l. 48.

Current Citation

Homer. The Odyssey, edited by Bernard Knox, translated by Robert Fagles. Penguin Classics, 2006, bk. 3, l. 48.