No man is happy who does not think himself so. Non est beatus esse se qui non putat. Publilius Syrus Sententiae Buy a book containing the Sententiae at Amazon Buy a book containing the Sententiae at Amazon Instagram sharing coming soon. Quote text and source copied to clipboard. Link to this quote copied to clipboard. More information about this quote Topic Power of thought Attitude and mindset Author Publilius Syrus Source Sententiae Medium Epigram Language Latin Time 43 BC 40s BC 1st century BC Era Classical antiquity Occupation Writer From Turkey Europe Authentication Score 3 More information on Authentication Score coming soon. Citation Publilius Syrus. Sententiae. c. 1st century BC. Citation text copied to clipboard.
Another quote from Classical antiquity We are quick to flare up, we races of men on the earth. Homer The Odyssey Show More Info Buy The Odyssey at Amazon Buy The Odyssey at Amazon Read The Odyssey at MIT's classics department website Instagram sharing coming soon. Quote text and source copied to clipboard. Link to this quote copied to clipboard. More information about this quote Topic Temper Anger 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 More information on Authentication Score coming soon. Original Citation Homer. Ὀδύσσεια [Odyssey]. c. 710 BC, bk. 7, l. 307. Original citation text copied to clipboard. Current Citation Homer. The Odyssey, edited by Bernard Knox, translated by Robert Fagles. Penguin Classics, 2006, bk. 7, l. 307. Current citation text copied to clipboard. Show Less Info
Another quote originally in Latin Nature abhors a vacuum. Baruch Spinoza Ethics Show More Info Buy Ethics at Amazon Buy Ethics at Amazon Read Ethics at Project Gutenberg Instagram sharing coming soon. Quote text and source copied to clipboard. Link to this quote copied to clipboard. More information about this quote Topic Nature Author Baruch Spinoza Source Ethics Medium Treatise Genre Philosophical literature Statement Type Axioms and precepts Language Latin Time 1677 1670s 17th century Authentication Score 3 More information on Authentication Score coming soon. Original Citation Spinoza, Baruch. Ethica, Ordine Geometrico Desmonstrata [Ethics, Demonstrated in Geometrical Order]. 1677, pt. 1, prop. 15, note. Original citation text copied to clipboard. Current Citation Spinoza, Benedict. Ethics, translated by Michael Silverthorne and Matthew J. Kinser. Cambridge University Press, 2018, pt. 1, prop. 15, note. Current citation text copied to clipboard. Show Less Info