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  1. A quotation from The Bible

    A hasty quarrel sparks a fire,
       and hasty conflict sheds blood.
    If you blow on a spark, it will flame up,
       and if you spit on it, it will go out;
       nonetheless, both come out
       of your mouth.
     
    [ἔρις κατασπευδομένη ἐκκαίει πῦρ,
    καὶ μάχη κατασπεύδουσα ἐκχέει αἷμα.
    ἐὰν φυσήσῃς εἰς σπινθῆρα, ἐκκαήσεται,
    καὶ ἐὰν πτύσῃς ἐπ᾽ αὐτόν, σβεσθήσεται·
    καὶ ἀμφότερα ἐκ τοῦ στόματός σου ἐκπορεύεται.]

    The Bible (The Old Testament) (14th - 2nd C BC) Judeo-Christian sacred scripture [Tanakh, Hebrew Bible], incl. the Apocrypha (Deuterocanonicals)
    Book 22b. Sirach (Ecclesiasticus) 28:11ff (Sir 28:11–12) [tr. CEB (2011)]

    More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/bible-ot/85373/

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  2. A quotation from Marcus Aurelius

    Waste no more time arguing what a good man should be. Be one.
     
    [Μηκέθ̓ ὅλως περὶ τοῦ οἷόν τινα εἶναι τὸν ἀγαθὸν ἄνδρα διαλέγεσθαι, ἀλλὰ εἶναι τοιοῦτον.]

    Marcus Aurelius (AD 121-180) Roman emperor (161-180), Stoic philosopher
    Meditations [To Himself; Τὰ εἰς ἑαυτόν], Book 10, ch. 16 (10.16) (AD 161-180) [tr. Staniforth (1964)]

    More info about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/marcus-aureleus/2889…

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