Love is not to be purchased, and affection has no price.

Caritas non potest conparari; dilectio pretium non habet; amicitia

St. Jerome

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Topic

Value of love Love

Author

St. Jerome

Source

Letters of St. Jerome

Medium

Letter

Language

Latin

Time

374 370s 4th century

Era

Classical antiquity

Occupation

Catholic saint Clergyman Christian Writer

From

Europe Roman Empire

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Citation

Saint Jerome. Letter to Rufinus the Monk. c. 374, sect. 6.

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Love is or it ain't. Thin love ain't love at all.

Toni Morrison

Beloved

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Topic
Nature of love Love
Speaker
Sethe

Author

Toni Morrison
Source
Beloved
Medium
Novel
Language
English
Time
1987 1980s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Morrison, Toni. Beloved. Alfred A. Knopf, 1987.

Another quote from the 4th century

Give me chastity and continency—but not yet!

St. Augustine

Confessions

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Topic
Chastity Sexual morality Self-control Sex

Author

St. Augustine
Source
Confessions
Genre
Autobiography and memoir
Language
Latin
Time
398 390s 4th century
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 1
Original Citation

Augustine of Hippo. Confessiones [Confessions]. c. 398, bk. 8, ch. 7.

Current Citation

Augustine of Hippo. Confessions, translated by R. S. Pine-Coffin. Penguin Classics, 1961, bk. 8, ch. 7.

Another quote from Classical antiquity

He who finds a wife finds a good thing, And obtains favor from the Lord.

Proverbs 18:22

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Topic
Marriage
Source
Proverbs The Bible
Medium
Scripture
Genre
Religious literature
Language
Hebrew
Time
686 BC 680s BC 7th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 3
Citation

The Holy Bible, New King James Version. Thomas Nelson, 1982. (Proverbs 18:22).

Another quote originally in Latin

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Publilius Syrus

Sententiae

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Topic
Wandering Rootedness Place

Author

Publilius Syrus
Source
Sententiae
Medium
Epigram
Statement Type
Metaphor, analogy and simile
Language
Latin
Time
43 BC 40s BC 1st century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Publilius Syrus. Sententiae. c. 1st century BC.