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Said between 200 and 101 BC

• “O flexanima atque omnium regina rerum oratio!”

  Pacuvius (220–130 BC) said by 130 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Μόνο το κακό αναπτύσσεται αφεαυτού, αλλά για την καλοσύνη απαιτείται προσπάθεια και θάρρος”

  Απολλώνιος ο Περγάμου (262–190 BC) said by 190 BC at the latest wikiquote:el, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Every day should be passed as if it were to be our last.”

  Publilius Syrus (101–101 BC) said by 101 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Also quoted by: Publius Syrus

• “大風起兮雲飛揚， 威加海內兮歸故鄉， 安得猛士兮守四方。”

  Emperor Gaozu of Han (256–195 BC) said by 195 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “According to Cato the Elder, Scipio Africanus was wont to say that he was never less at leisure than when at leisure, nor less lonely than when alone.”

  Scipio Africanus (235–183 BC) said by 183 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “nullum contemptu m[ortis incitamentum] ad uincendum homini ab dis immortalibus acrius datum est.”

  Hannibal (247–183 BC) said by 183 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: As quoted by Livy, :la:s:Ab Urbe Condita/liber XXI 44, as translated by Aubrey De Sélincourt, in The War with Hannibal (1965).

• “Virum mihi, Camena, insece versutum, ...”

  Livius Andronicus (280–200 BC) said by 200 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Those who commit private theft pass their lives in confinement and fetters; plunderers of the public, in gold and purple.”

  Cato the Elder (234–149 BC) said by 149 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: English translation by John C. Rolfe,(1859-1943)

• “While I was still young, before I went on my travels,”

  Ben Sira (301–151 BC) said by 151 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Ἰησοῦς ἐν τῷ πληρῶσαι λόγον ἐγένετο κριτὴς ἐν Ἰσραήλ.”

  Ματταθίᾳ (201–166 BC) said by 166 BC at the latest wikiquote:el, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “In the one hand he is carrying a stone, while he shows the bread in the other.”

  Plautus (250–184 BC) said by 184 BC at the latest bartlett, Public domain source

• “The greatest honor which can be paid to God is to know and imitate him.”

  Quintus Sextius (51–101 BC) said by 101 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “For what gives my work its peculiar quality, and what is most remarkable in the present age, is this. Fortune has guided almost all the affairs of the world in one direction and has forced them to incline towards one and the same end; a historian should likewise bring before his readers under one synoptical view the operations by which she has accomplished her general purpose.”

  Polybius (200–120 BC) said by 120 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: 4.1–2 (tr. W. R. Paton, 1922)

• “(Last words) My children, be courageous and grow strong in the law, for by it you will gain honour.”

  Mattathias (201–166 BC) said by 166 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Then Jonathan said to those with him, “Let us get up now and fight for our lives, for today things have changed considerably from the way they used to be. In front of us the battle awaits; behind us are the waters of the Jordan on one side and marshland and thickets on the other. There is no way out. Cry out to Heaven that you may be saved from our enemies.”

  Jonathan Apphus (201–143 BC) said by 143 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Paulo hoc melius quam mediocre, hoc minus malum quam ut pessumum.”

  Gaius Lucilius (180–102 BC) said by 102 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: Fragment of Book XXVII, quoted by Nonius, 29, 21; Warmington (1935), p. 253

• “The very flower of youth.”

  Terence (185–159 BC) said by 159 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “The medieval-era Arya-Manjushri-Mula-Kalpa mentions a wicked and foolish king named Gomimukhya ("cattle-faced"), or Gomishanda ("Gomin, the bull"), who seized the territory from the east to Kashmir, destroying monasteries and killing monks. Ultimately, he and his officers were killed in the north by falling mountain rocks.[11][12] This king is identified with Pushyamitra by some scholars.”

  Pushyamitra Shunga (301–148 BC) said by 148 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: Bandyopadhyaya, Jayantanuja (2007). Class and Religion in Ancient India. Anthem. p. 209. ISBN 978-1-84331-332-8.

• “Otioso in otio animus nescit quid velit.”

  Ennius (239–169 BC) said by 169 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Hi sunt inimici pessumi fronte hilaro corde tristi.”

  Caecilius Statius (219–168 BC) said by 168 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Catonis modo, Galle, Tusculanum Tota creditor urbe venditabat. Mirati sumus unicum magistrum, Summum grammaticum, optumum poetam Omnes solvere posse quaestiones, Unum deficere expedire nomen: En cor Zenodoti, en iecur Cratetis!”

  Marcus Furius Bibaculus (103–101 BC) said by 101 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source