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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Pilate said to Him, “What is truth?”

John 18:38

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Topic
Truth
Speaker
Pontius Pilate
Source
Gospel of John The Bible
Medium
Scripture
Genre
Religious literature
Statement Type
Question
Language
Greek
Time
90 90s 1st century
Era
Classical antiquity
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Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (1st John 18:38).

Another quote originally in Greek

We are lovers of beauty without extravagance, and lovers of wisdom without unmanliness. Wealth is to us is not mere material for vainglory but an opportunity for achievement; and poverty we think it no disgrace to acknowledge but a real degradation to make no effort to overcome.

Pericles

Quoted in Funeral Oration, by Thucydides

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Topic
Golden mean
Speaker
Pericles

Author

Thucydides
Source
Funeral Oration History of the Peloponnesian War
Medium
Speech
Genre
Political speech Historical literature
Language
Greek
Time
430 BC 430s BC 5th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Thucydides. The History of the Peloponnesian War. c. 431 BC, bk. 2.

Current Citation

Thucydides. The Peloponnesian War, translated by Martin Hammond. Oxford University Press, 2009, bk. 2.

Another quote of the following type Advice

Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer.

The Godfather: Part II

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Topic
Friends and enemies Friends Enemies
Speaker
Michael Corleone
Actor
Al Pacino
Source
The Godfather: Part II
Medium
Film
Genre
Crime (film) Epic (film) Crime Epic
Statement Type
Advice
Language
English
Time
1974 1970s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

The Godfather Part II. Directed by Francis Ford Coppola, Paramount Pictures Studios/American Zoetrope/Coppola Company, 1974.