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Said between 200 and 101 BC
“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.
“Quo fit ut omnis Votiva pateat veluti descripta tabella Vita senis.”
Gaius Lucilius (180–102 BC) said by 102 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Horace, Satires, II, 1, 32 (Conington); Classical and Foreign Quotations, 3rd ed. (1904), no. 2353A
“Tout discours flatteur cache un poison.”
Publius Syrus (101–101 BC) said by 101 BC at the latest wikiquote:fr, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Sentences de Publius Syrus traduites en français Publius Syrus C. L. F. Pancoucke 1825 Francis Levasseur I{{er
“Insperata accidunt magis saepe quam que speres.”
Plautus (250–184 BC) said by 184 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Furi cui neque servus est neque arca ...”
Marcus Furius Bibaculus (103–101 BC) said by 101 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Come to me, all you that need instruction, and learn in my school.| Why do you admit that you are ignorant and do nothing about it? | Here is what I say: It costs nothing to be wise.”
Ben Sira (301–151 BC) said by 151 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The pursuits of commerce would be as admirable as they are profitable if they were not subject to so great risks: and so, likewise, of banking, if it was always honestly conducted. For our ancestors considered, and so ordained in their laws, that, while the thief should be cast in double damages, the usurer should make four-fold restitution.”
Cato the Elder (234–149 BC) said by 149 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I have composed a book on the length of the year in which I show that the tropical year contains 365 days plus a fraction of a day which is not exactly 1/4 days as the mathematicians-astronomers suppose, but which is less than 1/4 by about 1/300.”
Hipparchus (190–120 BC) said by 120 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“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
“Whosoever is zealous of the law, and maintaineth the covenant, let him follow me!”
Mattathias (201–166 BC) said by 166 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“There is nothing so easy but that it becomes difficult when you do it with reluctance.”
Terence (185–159 BC) said by 159 BC at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“I am not carrying on a war of extermination against the Romans. I am contending for honour and empire. My ancestors yielded to Roman valour. I am endeavouring that others, in their turn, will be obliged to yield to my good fortune, and my valour.”
Hannibal (247–183 BC) said by 183 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in Hannibal : Enemy of Rome (1992) by Leonard Cottrell, p. 150.
“Il est préférable de s'instruire d'après les autres plutôt que d'instruire les autres à ses propres dépens.”
Plaute (250–184 BC) said by 184 BC at the latest wikiquote:fr, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“La complaisance fait les amis, la franchise les ennemis.”
Térence (185–159 BC) said by 159 BC at the latest wikiquote:fr, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Patria est, ubicumque est bene.”
Pacuvius (220–130 BC) said by 130 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Lepus tute es; et pulpamentum quaeris!”
Livius Andronicus (280–200 BC) said by 200 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“There is no witness so dreadful, no accuser so terrible as the conscience that dwells in the heart of every man.”
Polybius (200–120 BC) said by 120 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: 43 (Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 13th ed., 1955)
“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