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𒄖 𒇷 𒈬

אמן! & Αμεν! & أمين!

عزيزي

Ἡ βιωτικὴ τῇ παλαιστικῇ ὁμοιοτέρα ἤπερ τῇ ὀρχηστικῇ...

M. Aurelius Meditations 7.61a

ܦ݂ܰܩܶܕ݂ ܐ݈ܢܳܐ ܠܟ݂ܽܘܢ ܕ݁ܬ݂ܰܚܒ݂ܽܘܢ ܚܰܕ݂ ܠܚܰܕ݂ ܀

עוגיפלצת עם מצה! כמה נפלה! טוב פסח. חג שמח!

𐤏𐤅𐤂𐤉𐤐𐤋𐤑𐤕

𐎀𐎁𐎂𐎃𐎄𐎅𐎆𐎇𐎈𐎉

#109:6 : لَكُمْ  دِينُكُمْ وَلِيَ دِينِ

𓇓𓏏𓏙𓊵𓊨𓂀

𒄖 𒇷 𒈬

Sumerian GU.LI.GU "My friend" (Note:The first and last characters have different initial "G" sounds. The first being Gu5.)

אמן! & Αμεν! & أمين!

Amen in Hebrew, Greek, and Arabic.

عزيزي

Arabic for "My friend"

Ἡ βιωτικὴ τῇ παλαιστικῇ ὁμοιοτέρα ἤπερ τῇ ὀρχηστικῇ...

"The art of life is more like wrestling than dancing..."

M. Aurelius Meditations (Greek) 7.61a

ܦ݂ܰܩܶܕ݂ ܐ݈ܢܳܐ ܠܟ݂ܽܘܢ ܕ݁ܬ݂ܰܚܒ݂ܽܘܢ ܚܰܕ݂ ܠܚܰܕ݂ ܀

"I command that you love one another."

Jesus to followers in Syriac NT in John 15:17

עוגיפלצת עם מצה! כמה נפלה! טוב פסח. חג שמח!

Modern Hebrew "Cookie Monster with Matzah! How Wonderful! Good Pesach. Happy holiday.

𐤏𐤅𐤂𐤉𐤐𐤋𐤑𐤕

"Cookie Monster" in Phoenician/Paleo-Hebrew characters.

𐎀𐎁𐎂𐎃𐎄𐎅𐎆𐎇𐎈𐎉

First ten Ugaritic characters.

#109:6 : لَكُمْ  دِينُكُمْ وَلِيَ دِينِ

Quranic quote from Mohammad to an unbeliever on parting peacefully after a Sura long dialogue: "You have your way and I have mine."

𓇓𓏏𓏙𓊵𓊨𓂀

Hieroglyphic offering formula: "The king gives an offering to Horus...."

This text was an exercise in Unicode, UTF-8, and HTML. The quotes are taken from my collection --everywhere from ancient coffins, tablets, and holy and secular texts to modern greeting cards.

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