For a living dog is better than a dead lion.

כָּל־הַחַיִּ֖ים יֵ֣שׁ בִּטָּחֹ֑ון כִּֽי־לְכֶ֤לֶב חַי֙ ה֣וּא טֹ֔וב מִן־הָאַרְיֵ֖ה הַמֵּֽת׃

Ecclesiastes 9:4

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Life and death

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Ecclesiastes The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Hebrew

Time

931 BC 930s BC 10th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

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Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Ecclesiastes 9:4).

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Every man dies, not every man really lives.

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Speaker
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Another quote from Classical antiquity

Dripping water hollows out a stone, a ring is worn away by use.

Ovid

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Topic
One step at a time Persistence

Author

Ovid
Medium
Letter
Statement Type
Proverbs, aphorisms and adages
Language
Latin
Time
18 10s 1st century
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Ovid. "To Albinovanus: The Sixth Summer." Epistulae ex Ponto. 1st century CE, bk. 4, no. 10, l. 5.

Current Citation

Oivd. "Ex Ponto." Triste; Ex Ponto, translated by Arthur Leslie Wheeler, edited by G. P. Goold. Harvard University Press, 1988.

Another quote originally in Hebrew

All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full.

Ecclesiastes 1:7

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Ocean and sea
Source
Ecclesiastes The Bible
Medium
Scripture
Genre
Religious literature
Statement Type
Paradox
Language
Hebrew
Time
931 BC 930s BC 10th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 3
Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Ecclesiastes 1:7).