Love your enemies, do good to them which hate you.

Ἀγαπᾶτε τοὺς ἐχθροὺς ὑμῶν, καλῶς ποιεῖτε τοῖς μισοῦσιν ὑμᾶς.

Jesus

Luke 6:27

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Loving one's enemies Enemies

Speaker

Jesus

Source

Gospel of Luke The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Statement Type

Orders and commands Paradox

Language

Greek

Time

61 60s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

Occupation

Founder of a religion Religious leader

From

Israel Middle East Roman Empire

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Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Luke 6:27).

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Another quote about Enemies

If we could read the secret history of our enemies, we should find in each man's life sorrow and suffering enough to disarm all hostility.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Prose Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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Enemies Empathy

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Source
Table-Talk (Longfellow) Prose Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Language
English
Time
1857 1850s 19th century
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Original Citation

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. "Table-Talk." Prose Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Vol. 1. Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1857.

Current Citation

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. "Table-Talk." Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: Poems and Other Writings, edited by J. D. McClatchy. Library of America, 2000.

Another quote from Classical antiquity

I found Rome a city of bricks and left it a city of marble.

Caesar Augustus

Quoted in Lives of the Caesars, by Suetonius

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Rome
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Caesar Augustus

Author

Suetonius
Source
Lives of the Caesars
Medium
Biography
Genre
Historical literature
Statement Type
Boast
Language
Latin
Time
121 120s 2nd century
Era
Classical antiquity
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Original Citation

Augustus, Caesar. Quoted in De vita Caesarum [About the Life of the Caesars], written by Suetonius. c. 121.

Current Citation

Augustus, Caesar. Quoted in The Lives of the Caesars, written by Suetonius, translated by Catharine Edwards. Oxford University Press, 2009.

Another quote originally in Greek

Old to grow, but ever learning.

Solon

Quoted in Plutarch's Lives, by Plutarch

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Learning Wisdom Aging Old age
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Solon

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Plutarch
Source
Solon Plutarch's Lives
Genre
Historical literature
Language
Greek
Time
119 110s 2nd century
Era
Classical antiquity
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Citation

Plutarch. Βίοι Παράλληλοι [Parallel Lives]. Rome, 1470.

Another quote of the following type Orders and commands

Say my name.

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Breaking Bad

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Walter White
Actor
Bryan Cranston
Source
Breaking Bad
Medium
TV program
Genre
Crime (TV) Drama (TV) Crime Drama
Statement Type
Orders and commands
Language
English
Time
2012 2010s 21st century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

"Say My Name." Breaking Bad, written by Thomas Schnauz, directed by Thomas Schnauz, season 5, episode 7, High Bridge Productions/Gran Via Productions/Sony Pictures Television, 2012.