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Said between 100 and 1 BC
“Idem velle atque idem nolle, ea demum firma amicitia est.”
Catiline (108–62 BC) first seen 86 BC wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted by Sallust (86 BC – c. 35 BC) in Catiline's War, Book XX, pt. 4 (trans. J. C. Rolfe)
Also quoted by: Gaius Sallustius Crispus (la)
“Go and get accurate information about the child. As soon as you have found him, report to me, so that I too may go & honor him.”
Herod the Great (74–4 BC) said by 4 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Cedite Romani scriptores, cedite Grai! Nescio quid maius nascitur Iliade.”
Propertius (47–16 BC) said by 16 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Te propter nullos tellus tua postulat imbres, arida nec pluvio supplicat herba Iovi.”
Tibullus (51–16 BC) said by 16 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“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
“全ガリアは三つの部分に分かれる。”
ガイウス・ユリウス・カエサル (100–44 BC) said by 44 BC at the latest wikiquote:ja, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Sed multorum obtrectatio devicit unius virtutem.”
Cornelius Nepos (100–25 BC) said by 25 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“狡兎死して走狗烹（に）らる。”
司馬遷 (145–86 BC) said by 86 BC at the latest wikiquote:ja, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“O formose puer, nimium ne crede colori.”
Virgil (70–19 BC) said by 19 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Also quoted by: Virgílio (pt)
“Haud igitur redit ad nihilum res ulla.”
Lucretius (94–55 BC) said by 55 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“生あるところに、希望もある。--『アッティクス宛書簡集』”
マルクス・トゥリウス・キケロ (107–43 BC) said by 43 BC at the latest wikiquote:ja, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“吳王曰：「將軍罷休就舍，寡人不願下觀。」孫子曰：「王徒好其言，不能用其實。」於是闔廬知孫子能用兵，卒以為將。西破彊楚，入郢，北威齊晉，顯名諸侯，孫子與有力焉。”
Sima Qian (145–86 BC) said by 86 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Νυκτερινή, δίκερως, φιλοπάννυχε, φαῖνε, Σελήνη, φαῖνε, δι᾽ εὐτρήτων βαλλομένη θυρίδων αὔγαζε χρυσέην Καλλίστιον ἐς τὰ φιλεύντων ἔργα κατοπτεύειν οὐ φθόνος ἀθανάτῃ. ὀλβίζεις καὶ τήνδε καὶ ἡμέας, οἶδα, Σελήνη: καὶ γὰρ σὴν ψυχὴν ἔφλεγεν Ἐνδυμίων.”
Philodemus of Gadara (110–35 BC) said by 35 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: J. A. Symonds Jr., Studies of the Greek Poets (1873), p. 380:
“Yes, indeed, we must fly, but not with our feet, but with our hands..”
Marcus Junius Brutus (85–42 BC) said by 42 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Nec tumulum curo. Sepelit natura relictos.”
Gaius Maecenas (died 8 BC) said by 8 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Cp. Webster, "Cornelia's Song" in The White Devil (1612), V, iv
“To do harm is proper of the evil spirits; to do good without taking risks is proper of the ordinary spirits; the man of heart never ever deflects from what is fair and honest, never looking to rewards or to threats.”
Quintus Caecilius Metellus Numidicus (152–91 BC) said by 91 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Tene magis salvum populus velit an populum tu? servet in ambiguo, qui consulit et tibi et Urbi, Iuppiter.”
Lucius Varius Rufus (74–14 BC) said by 14 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: From Panegyricus Augusti, quoted by Horace, Epistles, I, xvi, 27; , Satires, Epistles and Ars Poëtica (1869); see also: Norbert Guterman, A Book of Latin Quotations (1966), p. 118
“Marmoreo Licinus tumulo jacet, at Cato parvo, Pompeius nullo. Quis putet esse deos? Saxa premunt Licinum, levat altum Fama Catonem, Pompeium tituli. Credimus esse deos.”
Varro Atacinus (82–36 BC) said by 36 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The first two lines are an epigram from the Latin Anthology in reference to the magnificent tomb of one Licinus, the slave and steward of Julius Caesar. The two lines in answer are of more recent origin. — H. T. Riley, …
“Nay, men, if any of you had heeded what I was ever foretelling and advising, ye would now neither be fearing a single man nor putting your hopes in a single man.”
Cato the Younger (95–46 BC) said by 46 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Bernadotte Perrin, ed. Plutarch's Lives, Vol. 8, LCL 100 (1919), pp. 247, 361
“Οὐκέτι παφλάζοντα διαΐσσων βυθὸν ἅλμης δελφίς, πτοιήσεις εἰναλίων ἀγέλας, οὐδὲ πολυτρήτοιο μέλος καλάμοιο χορεύων ὑγρὸν ἀναρρίψεις ἅλμα παρὰ σκαφίσιν οὐδὲ σὺ γ᾽, ἀφρηστά, Νηρηίδας ὡς πρὶν ἀείρων νώτοις πορθμεύσεις Τηθύος εἰς πέρατα. ἦ γὰρ ἴσον; πρηῶνι Μαλείης ὡς ἐκυκήθη, κῦμα πολυψάμμους ὦσέ σ᾿ ἐπὶ ψαμάθους.”
Aulus Licinius Archias (121–61 BC) said by 61 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Anthologia Palatina, vii, 214; "A Stranded Dolphin", as translated by A. J. Butler, Amaranth and Asphodel (1922), p. 46
“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
“More people worship the rising than the setting sun.”
Pompey (106–48 BC) said by 48 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“諮るは長くせよ、行うは遅くせよ、終わりを思え。”
マルクス・ユニウス・ブルートゥス (85–42 BC) said by 42 BC at the latest wikiquote:ja, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Ἔγχει, καὶ πάλιν εἰπέ, πάλιν, πάλιν “Ἡλιοδώρας” εἰπέ, σὺν ἀκρήτῳ τὸ γλυκὺ μίσγ᾽ ὄνομα: καί μοι τὸν βρεχθέντα μύροις καὶ χθιζὸν ἐόντα, μναμόσυνον κείνας ἀμφιτίθει στέφανον. δακρύει φιλέραστον ἰδοὺ ῥόδον, οὕνεκα κείναν ἄλλοθι, κοὐ κόλποις ἁμετέροις ἐσορᾷ.”
Meleager of Gadara (151–51 BC) said by 51 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: ("The End of the Feast") Thomas Moore, Epistles, Odes, &c. (1806), p. 69.