For we do not easily expect evil of those whom we love most.

Non enim facile de his quos plurimum diligimus turpitudinem suspicamur.

Peter Abelard

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Topic

Hurting others Loved ones Relationships

Author

Peter Abelard

Source

Historia Calamitatum

Genre

Autobiography and memoir

Language

Latin

Time

1132 1130s 12th century

Era

Middle Ages

Occupation

Theologian Philosopher

From

France Europe

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Citation

Abelard, Pierre. Historia Calamitatum [The History of My Calamities]. c. 1132.

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Another quote about Relationships

Experience shows us that love does not consist in gazing at each other but in looking together in the same direction.

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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Topic
Nature of love Love Relationships

Author

Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Source
Wind, Sand and Stars
Genre
Autobiography and memoir
Language
French
Time
1939 1930s 20th century
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Citation

De Saint-Exupery, Antoine. Terre des hommes [Wind, Sand and Stars]. Gallimard, 1939.

Another quote from the 12th century

We are like dwarfs on the shoulders of giants, so that we can see more than they, and things at a greater distance, not by virtue of any sharpness of sight on our part, or any physical distinction, but because we are carried high and raised up by their giant size.

Bernard of Chartres

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Topic
Scientific progress Progress
Speaker
Bernard of Chartres

Author

John of Salisbury
Language
Latin
Time
1159 1150s 12th century
Era
Middle Ages
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Bernard of Chartres. Quoted in The Metalogicon of John of Salisbury, written by John of Salisbury. c. 1159, bk. 3.

Another quote from Middle Ages

Abandon all hope, ye who enter here.

Dante Alighieri

Inferno

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Topic
Hell Hopelessness and despair Hope

Author

Dante Alighieri
Source
Inferno The Divine Comedy
Medium
Poem
Genre
Narrative poem Epic poem Religious literature
Statement Type
Orders and commands
Language
Italian
Time
1321 1320s 14th century
Era
Middle Ages
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Alighieri, Dante. "Inferno [Hell]." La Comedia di Dante Alleghieri [The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri]. Foligno: Johann Numeister and Evangelista Angelini da Trevi, 1472.

Current Citation

Alighieri, Dante. "Inferno." The Divine Comedy, edited by David H. Higgins, translated by C. H. Sisson. Oxford University Press, 2008.

Another quote originally in Latin

They wonder much to hear that gold, which in itself is so useless a thing, should be everywhere so much esteemed, that even men for whom it was made, and by whom it has its value, should yet be thought of less value than it is.

Thomas More

Utopia

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Topic
Gold

Author

Thomas More
Source
Utopia
Genre
Satire Political literature
Language
Latin
Time
1516 1520s 16th century
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

More, Thomas. Libellus vere aureus, nec minus salutaris quam festivus, de optimo rei publicae statu deque nova insula Utopia. Leuven: Self-published, 1516, bk. 2.

Current Citation

More, Thomas. Utopia, edited and translated by Paul Turner. Penguin Classics, 2003, bk. 2.