Nothing in excess.

μηδὲν ἄγαν

Inscription at the Temple of Apollo at Delphi

Inscription at the Temple of Apollo at Delphi

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Topic

Moderation Excess Self-control

Medium

Inscription

Statement Type

Advice

Language

Greek

Era

Classical antiquity

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Original Citation

Terence. Andria [The Woman from Andros]. 166 BC, Rome, Italy.

Current Citation

Terence. Andria, edited by Sander M. Goldberg. Cambridge University Press, 2023.

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Then a great and powerful wind tore the mountains apart and shattered the rocks before the Lord, but the Lord was not in the wind: and after the wind an earthquake; but the Lord was not in the earthquake: And after the earthquake a fire: but the Lord was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice.

1st Kings 19:11-12

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Topic
Nature of God God
Source
1st Kings The Bible
Medium
Scripture
Genre
Religious literature
Language
Hebrew
Time
538 BC 530s BC 6th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 3
Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (1st Kings 19:11-12).

Another quote originally in Greek

The highest point a man can attain is not Knowledge, or Virtue, or Goodness, or Victory, but something even greater, more heroic and more despairing: Sacred Awe!

Nikos Kazantzakis

Zorba the Greek

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Topic
Awe

Author

Nikos Kazantzakis
Source
Zorba the Greek
Medium
Novel
Language
Greek
Time
1946 1940s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Kazantzakis, Nikos. Βίος και Πολιτεία του Αλέξη Ζορμπά [Life and State of Alexis Zorba]. Athens: Dimitrakou, 1946, ch. 24.

Current Citation

Kazantzakis, Nikos. Zorba the Greek, translated by Peter Bien. Simon & Schuster, 2014, ch. 24.

Another quote of the following type Advice

Fat, drunk, and stupid is no way to go through life, son.

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Topic
Slovenliness
Speaker
Dean Vernon Wormer
Actor
John Vernon
Source
Animal House
Medium
Film
Genre
Comedy (film) Comedy
Statement Type
Advice Insult
Language
English
Time
1978 1970s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Animal House. Directed by John Landis, Universal Pictures, 1978.