The Quotes canon
Sourced and curated.
Every quote has been curated by hand and carefully authenticated.
Browse all 10,075 quotes or apply filters in different categories to narrow your search.
Browse all 10,075 quotes or apply filters in different categories to narrow your search.
Ancient Egypt4 quotes
Do not set your heart on wealth…
Do not strain to seek increase,
What you have, let it suffice you.
If riches come by theft,
They will not stay the night with you….
They made themselves wings like geese,
And flew away to the sky. — Amenemope · 1075 BCDo not be arrogant because of your knowledge, but confer with the ignorant man as with the learned... Good speech is more hidden than malachite, yet it is found in the possession of women slaves at the millstones. — Ptahhotep · 2375 BCBe cheerful while you are alive. — Ptahhotep · 2375 BCOne who is serious all day will never have a good time, while one who is frivolous all day will never establish a household. — Ptahhotep · 2375 BCClassical antiquity3 quotes
One principle must make the universe a single complex living creature, one from all. — Plotinus · 270Everything that is hard to attain is easily assailed by the generality of men. — Ptolemy · 168All things are filled full of signs, and it is a wise man who can learn about one thing from another. — Plotinus · 270Old Testament Era3 quotes
I have been a stranger in a strange land. — Moses · 1405 BCBut I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue. — Moses · 1405 BCHear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. — Moses · 1405 BCEarly Christianity1 quote
God became man so that man might become God. — Athanasius · 318