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Said between 100 and 1 BC
“To sail is necessary, to live is not.”
Pompey (106–48 BC) said by 48 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Da mi basia mille, deinde centum, dein mille altera, dein secunda centum, deinde usque altera mille, deinde centum.”
Catullus (84–54 BC) said by 54 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“John Selby Watson, Lives of the Eminent Commanders (1886)”
Cornelius Nepos (100–25 BC) said by 25 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Sed multi mortales dediti ventri atque somno, indocti incultique vitam sicuti peregrinantes transiere.”
Sallust (86–35 BC) said by 35 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Qua pote quisque, in ea conterat arte diem.”
Propertius (47–16 BC) said by 16 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Divina Natura dedit agros, ars humana ædificavit urbes.”
Marcus Terentius Varro (116–27 BC) said by 27 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: W. D. Hooper & H. B. Ash, tr., On Agriculture (Harvard University Press, 1993). Bk. 3, ch. 1
“How is this? Ought not the petitioner to speak first, and the conqueror to listen in silence?”
Sulla (138–78 BC) said by 78 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Odi et amo. Quare id faciam, fortasse requiris. | Nescio, sed fieri sentio et excrucior. (LXXXV, Odio e amo)”
Gaio Valerio Catullo (84–54 BC) said by 54 BC at the latest wikiquote:it, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Odio e amo. Come posso farlo, forse mi chiedi. | Non so, ma sento che accade, ed è la mia croce. (1992, p. 161)
“What the discordant harmony of circumstances would and could effect.”
Horace (65–8 BC) said by 8 BC at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“È sufficiente un piccolo raccolto. (I, 1, 43)”
Albio Tibullo (51–16 BC) said by 16 BC at the latest wikiquote:it, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Versa, e altra volta, più volte ripeti: «Per Eliodora!» | ripeti e al puro vino mescola il dolce nome.”
Meleagro di Gadara (151–51 BC) said by 51 BC at the latest wikiquote:it, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Nigidius Figulus, Pythagoricus et magus, in exilio moritur.”
Nigidius Figulus (98–45 BC) first seen 45 BC wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Jerome, Chronicon, 1972 = 45 BC (Tr. Pearse et al.)
“La ragione dovrebbe dominare e l'appetito obbedire. (I, 29)”
Marco Tullio Cicerone (107–43 BC) said by 43 BC at the latest wikiquote:it, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“κρίνειν οὐκ ἐπέοικε θεήια ἔργα βροτοῖσι.”
Bion of Smyrna (120–57 BC) said by 57 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 2.9 (tr. T. B. Harbottle, 1897
“Nella molteplicità delle attività umane la Natura offre sempre a ciascuno la propria strada. (p. 19)”
Gaio Sallustio Crispo (86–35 BC) said by 35 BC at the latest wikiquote:it, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Il saggio avrà l'amore mentre gli altri avranno il desiderio. (citato in Apuleio, Sulla magia e in sua difesa, EDIPEM, 1973)”
Lucio Afranio (150–90 BC) said by 90 BC at the latest wikiquote:it, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Bear in mind, that if through toil you accomplish a good deed, that toil will quickly pass from you, the good deed will not leave you so long as you live; but if through pleasure you do anything dishonourable, the pleasure will quickly pass away, that dishonourable act will remain with you for ever.”
Cato the Younger (95–46 BC) said by 46 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: John C. Rolfe, ed. The Attic Nights of Aulus Gellius, Vol. 3, LCL 212 (1928), p. 131
“Riches are a cause of evil, not because, of themselves, they do any evil, but because they goad men on so that they are ready to do evil.”
Posidonius (135–51 BC) said by 51 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Col torace gonfio come un falco e la voce di uno sciacallo, Qin è un uomo di scarsa misericordia, col cuore di un lupo.”
Sima Qian (145–86 BC) said by 86 BC at the latest wikiquote:it, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“water from clay pipes is much more wholesome than that which is conducted through lead pipes, because lead is found to be harmful for the reason that white lead is derived from it, and this is said to be hurtful to the human system.”
Vitruvius (80–15 BC) said by 15 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“O virtù miserabile, eri una parola nuda, e io ti seguiva come tu fossi una cosa; ma tu sottostavi alla fortuna.”
Marco Giunio Bruto (85–42 BC) said by 42 BC at the latest wikiquote:it, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Mi chiedi che cosa bisogna fare? la fune costa poco, fatti un cappio.”
Lucio Pomponio (100–85 BC) said by 85 BC at the latest wikiquote:it, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Alexander observed that his soldiers were exhausted with their constant campaigns. ... The hooves of the horses had been worn thin by steady marching. The arms and armour were wearing out, and the Greek clothing was quite gone. They had to clothe themselves in materials of the barbarians,...”
Diodorus Siculus (90–20 BC) said by 20 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: 17.94.1-2, translated by C. Bradford Welles, LCL 422 (1963), p. 391
“Tutti i fenomeni naturali che accadono in cielo e sulla terra e che lasciano sospesi e spaventati gli uomini, mortificando i loro animi per la paura del divino e schiacciandoli a terra, hanno una precisa spiegazione materiale. Ma l'ignoranza delle cause induce gli uomini a riferirli all'arbitrio delle divinità e a sottomettersi al loro potere. (p. 22; 2007)”
Tito Lucrezio Caro (94–55 BC) said by 55 BC at the latest wikiquote:it, CC BY-SA 4.0 source