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Said between 200 and 101 BC
“To, co natura stworzyła, to i zniszczy.”
Karneades z Cyreny (213–129 BC) said by 129 BC at the latest wikiquote:pl, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Źródło: Leksykon złotych myśli, wyboru dokonał Krzysztof Nowak, Warszawa 1998.
“I would much rather have men ask why I have no statue, than why I have one.”
Cato the Elder (234–149 BC) said by 149 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
“Wolę uratować życie jednego obywatela niż zabić tysiąc wrogów.”
Scypion Afrykański Starszy (235–183 BC) said by 183 BC at the latest wikiquote:pl, 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
“Brawo! Zuchy! Tu właśnie powinni folgować sobie młodzi, a nie w alkowach cudzych żon!”
Kato Starszy (234–149 BC) said by 149 BC at the latest wikiquote:pl, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“(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
“That saying which I hear commonly repeated,--that time assuages sorrow.”
Terence (185–159 BC) said by 159 BC at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Ponieważ masy ludzkie są niestałe, pełne trudnych do opanowania pragnień, pełne uczuć i nieświadome konsekwencji, muszą zostać przepełnione strachem, by utrzymać je w porządku. Z tego względu starożytni postąpili słusznie, wynajdując bogów oraz wiarę w sąd po śmierci.”
Polibiusz (200–120 BC) said by 120 BC at the latest wikiquote:pl, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Zdobyłem cesarstwo, siedząc na koniu.”
Liu Bang (256–195 BC) said by 195 BC at the latest wikiquote:pl, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Źródło: Praca zbiorowa, 2005, Wielka Historia Świata, t. 4, Polskie Media Amer.Com, s. 146, ISBN 8374250291.
“Non aetate, verum ingenio apiscitur sapientia.”
Plautus (250–184 BC) said by 184 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Dajcie już rękom odpocząć; spokojnie śpijcie młynarki (…) Bo nimfom rzecznej głębiny Cerera trud wasz zleciła, więc rozigrały się żywo bijąc o koła brzeg.”
Antypater z Sydonu (201–101 BC) said by 101 BC at the latest wikiquote:pl, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Źródło: Jerzy Łanowski, 500 zagadek antycznych, Wiedza Powszechna, Warszawa 1966.
“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
“Nec pol homo quisquam faciet inpune animatus hoc nec tu; nam mi calido dabis sanguine poenas.”
Ennius (239–169 BC) said by 169 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
“In all human affairs, and especially in those that relate to war, ... leave always some room to fortune, and to accidents which cannot be foreseen.”
Polybius (200–120 BC) said by 120 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: 1.4 (tr. James Hampton, 1762)
“Deum qui non summum putet Aut stultum aut rerum esse inperitum existumem. Cui in manu sit, quern esse dementem velit, Quem sapere, quern insanire, quem in morbum inici.”
Caecilius Statius (219–168 BC) said by 168 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 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