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Said between 200 and 101 BC

• “(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

• “It is not death; but a bad life, which destroys the soul.”

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

• “人之受命於天也，取仁於天而仁也”

  董仲舒 (179–104 BC) said by 104 BC at the latest wikiquote:zh, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “大行不顧細謹，大禮不辭小讓，如今人方為刀俎，我為魚肉，何辭為？”

  樊噲 (242–189 BC) said by 189 BC at the latest wikiquote:zh, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Practice is the best of all instructors.”

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

  Also quoted by: Publius Syrus

• “I have come not to make war on the Italians, but to aid the Italians against Rome.”

  Hannibal (247–183 BC) first seen 217 BC wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: Spoken to Italian soldiers of Rome captured at the Battle of Lake Trasimene (24 June 217 BC) as quoted in Hannibal : One Man Against Rome (1958) by Harold Lamb, p. 119.

• “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

• “臣又闻用兵，临战合刃之急者三：一曰得地形，二日卒服习，三曰器用利。（《言兵事疏》）”

  晁错 (200–154 BC) said by 154 BC at the latest wikiquote:zh, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Qua Galli furtim noctu summa arcis adorti moenia concubia vigilesque repente cruentant.”

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

• “Men servasse ut essent qui me perderent?”

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

• “All mankind rules its women, and we rule all mankind, but our women rule us.”

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

  Recorded in: In bitter criticism of the prevalent domination of women (The Classical weekly, Vol. 25–26, 1932, p. 273).

• “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

• “Neither armies nor treasure form the bulwarks of a throne, but friends; these you can neither acquire by force of arms nor buy with gold; it is by devotion and loyalty that they are won.”

  Micipsa (201–118 BC) said by 118 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: As quoted in Bellum Jugurthinum by Sallust, section 10, as translated and printed in the volume of the Loeb Classical Library, Sallust, first published in 1921, and last revised in 1931.

• “今眾弗如，百戰百敗，不死何為？”

  蕭何 (257–193 BC) said by 193 BC at the latest wikiquote:zh, 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

• “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)

• “Tum in senectute hoc deputo miserrimum, Sentire ea aetate eumpse esse odiosum alteri.”

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

• “桂樹叢生兮山之幽，偃謇連卷兮枝相繚。”

  劉安 (179–122 BC) said by 122 BC at the latest wikiquote:zh, 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

• “蓋明者遠見於未萌，而智者避危於未形。禍固多藏於隱微，而發於人之所忽者也。”

  司馬相如 (179–117 BC) said by 117 BC at the latest wikiquote:zh, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Nihil tam incertum nec tam inaestimabile est quam animi multitudinis.”

  Philip V of Macedon (238–179 BC) said by 179 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: Evan T. Sage, tr., Livy in Fourteen Volumes, IX (1935), p. 101

  Also quoted by: Titus Livius Patavinus (la)

• “Ingrata patria, ne ossa quidem mea habes.”

  Scipio Africanus (235–183 BC) first seen 183 BC wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: Inscription ordered to be placed on his tomb by Scipio Africanus (236–183 BC), at Liternum in Campania, in revenge for the unworthy partisan persecution which embittered his last days.

  Also quoted by: Valerius Maximus