Josephus

Josephus (c. 37/38-100)

"I fail to see how victory over a feeble enemy can be any indication of power."

• The Jewish War (Book I, section 8) by Josephus, translated by Martin Hammond (Oxford University Press, 2017).

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Book of Pslams

The Book of Psalms (a multi-generational work likely finalized between the 6th and 3rd centuries BC)

"Whoever is pregnant with evil
     conceives trouble and gives birth to disillusionment.

Whoever digs a hole and scoups it out
     falls into the pit they have made.

The trouble they cause recoils on them;
     their violence comes down on their own heads."

-Psalms 7:14-16 (New International Version, 1978, 2011)




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Josephus

Josephus (c. 37/38-100)

"Famine is truly the worst form of suffering and decency its greatest victim."

• From The Jewish War by Josephus (trans. Henry Thackeray, Loeb 1961) and also referenced in Eusebius' The Church History (trans. Paul Maier, 1999). The quote comes from Josephus' commentary about the Roman siege of Jerusalem in the year 70.

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