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Said between 300 and 201 BC
“Proposition 6. The moon moves (in an orbit) lower than (that of) the sun, and, when it is halved, is distant less than a quadrant from the sun.”
Aristarchus of Samos (310–230 BC) said by 230 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Ὀψὲ δὲ αὐτῷ γεωμετροῦντι λέγει τις, "εἶτα νῦν καιρός;" "εἶτα μηδὲ νῦν.”
Lacydes of Cyrene (301–205 BC) said by 205 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Translated by C. D. Yonge (1853)
“If any one a wandering Cupid see, The little fugitive belongs to me. And if he tell what path the rogue pursues, My kisses shall reward him for the news: But if he bring me back the boy I miss, I'll give him something sweeter than a kiss.”
Moschus (201–201 BC) said by 201 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“天下共苦戰鬥不休，以有侯王。賴宗廟，天下初定，又復立國，是樹兵也，而求其寧息，豈不難哉！”
Qin Shi Huang (259–210 BC) said by 210 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“今、力田疾作するも暖衣餘食を得ず。今、國を立て君を立てば澤以って世に遺すべし。”
呂不韋 (291–235 BC) said by 235 BC at the latest wikiquote:ja, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“All the good are friends of one another.”
Zeno of Citium (334–263 BC) said by 263 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“自ら反（かえり）みて縮（なお）くんば、千万人と雖も、吾往かん。”
孟子 (372–289 BC) said by 289 BC at the latest wikiquote:ja, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Γυμνὸς δέμας, ἄλλα μὲν Ἄρει εἴκελος, ἄλλα δέ που χρυσαόρῳ Ἀπόλλωνι.”
Apollonius of Rhodes (295–215 BC) said by 215 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Lines 1282–1283
“分別を脇に追いやるとき、馬鹿をやらかす。”
メナンドロス (341–291 BC) said by 291 BC at the latest wikiquote:ja, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“路漫漫其修远兮，吾将上下而求索。”
Qu Yuan (343–278 BC) said by 278 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“ἴσον ἐστὶ τὸ κατ᾿ ἀρετὴν ζῆν τῷ κατ᾿ ἐμπειρίαν τῶν φύσει συμβαινόντων ζῆν.”
Chrysippus (281–208 BC) said by 208 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: SVF III 4; Diogenes Laërtius, VII.87 (tr. R. D. Hicks, 1925)
“If you let people follow their feelings, they will be able to do good. This is what is meant by saying that human nature is good.”
Mencius (372–289 BC) said by 289 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The wise man should restrain his senses like the crane and accomplish his purpose with due knowledge of his place, time and ability.”
Chanakya (375–283 BC) said by 283 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“わかった！（エウレカ！）”
アルキメデス (287–212 BC) said by 212 BC at the latest wikiquote:ja, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Εἰ μὲν ἀμαθὴς εἶ, φρονίμως ποιεῖς, εἰ δὲ πεπαίδευσαι, ἀφρόνως.”
Theophrastus (371–287 BC) said by 287 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted by Diogenes Laërtius; translation from C. D. Yonge (trans.), The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers (London: H. G. Bohn, 1853), p. 196.
Also quoted by: Θεόφραστος (el)
“‘[…] the Brahmins […] already knew all those doctrines concerning nature which were subsequently taught by the Greeks.’”
Megasthenes (351–291 BC) said by 291 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: quoted by Halbfass 1988, quoted in : Bhaskar Kamble, The Imperishable Seed: How Hindu Mathematics Changed the World and why this History was Erased, Garuda Prakashan Private Limited, 2022 ISBN 9798885750189
“風として易水寒し。壮士ひとたび去ってたらず。”
荊軻 (died 227 BC) said by 227 BC at the latest wikiquote:ja, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“οὐκ ἔστ᾿ ἄπιστον οὐδὲν ἐν θνητῷ βίῳ οὐδ᾿ ἂν γένοιτο· πολλὰ ποικίλλει χρόνος παράδοξα καὶ θαυμαστὰ καὶ ζώντων τρόποι.”
Menander (341–291 BC) said by 291 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“κἂν εὐτυχῇ τις, ὡς ἔοικε, προσδοκᾶν ἀεί τι δεῖ, καὶ μή τι πιστεύειν τύχῃ.”
Alexis (372–270 BC) said by 270 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 289 K.-A. (tr. T. B. Harbottle, 1897)
“μὴ εἶναι βασιλικὴν ἀτραπὸν ἐπί γεωμετρίαν.”
Euclid (334–285 BC) said by 285 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“To his friends he said that he thought the man who feared gibes and jeers was more of a coward than the one who ran away from the enemy.”
Fabius Maximus (died 203 BC) said by 203 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“ἐς Τροίαν πειρώμενοι ἦνθον Ἀχαιοί, καλλίστα παίδων· πείρᾳ θην πάντα τελεῖται.”
Theocritus (401–260 BC) said by 260 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: XV.61–62 (tr. A. S. F. Gow, 1952)
“古の人は、其の知に至る所あり。いづくにか至らん。以て未だ始めより物あらずと為す者あり。至れり尽くせり、以って加うべからず。”
荘子 (369–288 BC) said by 288 BC at the latest wikiquote:ja, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Ναυηγοῦ τάφος εἰμί: σὺ δὲ πλέε: καὶ γὰρ ὅθ᾽ ἡμεῖς ὠλλύμεθ᾽, αἱ λοιπαὶ νῆες ἐποντοπόρουν.”
Theodoridas of Syracuse (301–261 BC) said by 261 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Palatine Anthology, bk. 7, no. 282 (ed. W. R. Paton, vol. 2, 1917)