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New Testament Era20 quotes
If God be for us, who can be against us? — Apostle Paul · 56Pilate said to Him, “What is truth?” — Pontius Pilate · 90Why seek ye the living among the dead? — Jesus · 61Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me? — God · 62Then one of the twelve, called Judas Iscariot, went unto the chief priests, And said unto them, What will ye give me, and I will deliver him unto you? And they covenanted with him for thirty pieces of silver. — Judas · 60For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul? — Jesus · 60All 20 quotes →Classical antiquity14 quotes
For what should a man live, if not for the pleasures of discourse? — Plato · 370 BCCui bono? — Cicero · 52 BCWho benefits? — Lucius Cassius Longinus Ravilla · 80 BCHow long are you going to wait before you demand the best for yourself? — Epictetus · 135How, then, might we contrive... One noble lie to persuade if possible the rulers themselves, but failing that the rest of the city? — Socrates · 375 BCCanst thou by searching find out God? — Zophar · 500 BCAll 14 quotes →The Renaissance12 quotes
Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
Thou art more lovely and more temperate.
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,
And summer's lease hath all too short a date. — William Shakespeare · 1609O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?
Deny thy father and refuse thy name,
Or, if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love,
And I’ll no longer be a Capulet. — William Shakespeare · 1597Was ever book containing such vile matter
So fairly bound? O, that deceit should dwell
In such a gorgeous palace! — William Shakespeare · 1597What if earth
Be but the shadow of heaven, and things therein
Each to other like, more than on earth is thought? — John Milton · 1667Is it sin to rush into the secret house of death
Ere death dare come to us? — William Shakespeare · 1607Can one desire too much of a good thing? — William Shakespeare · 1616All 12 quotes →Old Testament Era11 quotes
Can two walk together, except they be agreed? — Amos 3:3 · 750 BCAm I my brother's keeper? — Cain · 1405 BCWho made thee a prince and a judge over us? — Exodus 2:14 · 1405 BCIs there no balm in Gilead? — Jeremiah · 570 BCThe Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? — Psalm 27:1 · 450 BCWhat is man, that thou art mindful of him? — Psalm 8:4 · 450 BCAll 11 quotes →Ancient World4 quotes
Do you have the patience to wait until your mud settles and the water is clear? — Lao Tzu · 400 BCDoes Heaven say anything? The four seasons run their course and all things are produced. Does Heaven say anything? — Confucius · 221 BCIf we are not yet able to serve man, how can we serve spiritual beings?... If we do not yet know about life how can we know about death? — Confucius · 221 BCIs It fitting to consider what is impermanent, painful, and subject to change as, "This is mine, this am I, this is my self"? — Pali Tipitaka · 100 BCColonial America2 quotes
Who is rich? He that rejoices in his Portion. — Benjamin Franklin · 1744Who has deceiv’d thee so oft as thy self? — Benjamin Franklin · 1738Spanish Golden Age2 quotes
Can we ever have too much of a good thing? — Miguel de Cervantes · 1605What is life? A frenzy. What is life? An illusion, a shadow, a fiction. And the greatest good is of slight worth, as all life is a dream, and dreams are dreams. — Pedro Calderon de la Barca · 1635Age of Enlightenment1 quote
If this is the best of possible worlds, what then are the others? — Voltaire · 1759Early Christianity1 quote
What indeed has Athens to do with Jerusalem? — Tertullian · 220Middle Ages1 quote
What place can be left for random action, when God constraineth all things to order? — Boethius · 523