This is living, not to live unto oneself alone.

τοΰτ βστί το ζην, ονχ έαντψ ζην μόνον.

Menander

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Topic

Man as social animal Serving others

Author

Menander

Source

The Brothers in Love

Medium

Fragment

Language

Greek

Time

290 BC 290s BC 3rd century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Occupation

Playwright Writer

From

Greece Europe Ancient Greece

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Citation

Menander. The Brothers in Love. c. 3rd century BC, fragment 508.

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No man is an Island, entire of itself...any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind, and therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.

John Donne

Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions, and severall steps in my Sicknes

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Topic
Interconnectedness of all people Man as social animal

Author

John Donne
Source
Meditation XVII Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions, and severall steps in my Sicknes
Statement Type
Metaphor, analogy and simile
Language
English
Time
1624 1620s 17th century
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Original Citation

Donne, John. "Meditation XVII." Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions, and severall steps in my Sicknes. London, 1624.

Current Citation

Donne, John. "Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions." Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions and Death's Duel. Vintage, 1999, meditation 17.

Another quote from Classical antiquity

I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.

Jesus

John 6:35

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Topic
Nature of Jesus Salvation Jesus
Speaker
Jesus
Source
Gospel of John The Bible
Medium
Scripture
Genre
Religious literature
Language
Greek
Time
90 90s 1st century
Era
Classical antiquity
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Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (John 6:35).

Another quote originally in Greek

With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible.

Jesus

Matthew 19:26

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Omnipotence of God
Speaker
Jesus
Source
Gospel of Matthew The Bible
Medium
Scripture
Genre
Religious literature
Language
Greek
Time
60 60s 1st century
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 3
Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Matthew 19:26).