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Said between 300 and 201 BC

• “Proposition 15. The diameter of the sun has, to the diameter of the earth a ratio greater than [6.3] that which 19 has to 3, but less than [7.2] that which 43 has to 6.”

  Aristarchus of Samos (310–230 BC) said by 230 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “τῶν γὰρ ἀγαθῶν τὸν πλοῦτον ὕστατον τίθει· ἀβεβαιότατον γάρ ἐστιν ὧν κεκτήμεθα.”

  Alexis (372–270 BC) said by 270 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: Frg. 283.1–2 K.-A. (tr. T. B. Harbottle, 1897)

• “Aquele que é verdadeiramente bom não possui inimigos".”

  Mêncio (372–289 BC) said by 289 BC at the latest wikiquote:pt, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “A natureza deu-nos somente uma boca, mas duas orelhas, de modo que nós devemos falar menos e escutar mais.”

  Zenão de Cítio (334–263 BC) said by 263 BC at the latest wikiquote:pt, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Outra vitória como esta e estaremos perdidos”

  Pirro (318–272 BC) said by 272 BC at the latest wikiquote:pt, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “The centre of gravity of any cone is [the point which divides its axis so that] the portion [adjacent to the vertex is] triple [of the portion adjacent to the base].”

  Archimedes (287–212 BC) said by 212 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “θάμβησαν δὲ νέοι μέγα κῶας ἰδόντες λαμπόμενον στεροπῇ ἴκελον Διός. ὦρτο δ᾽ ἕκαστος ψαῦσαι ἐελδόμενος δέχθαι τ᾽ ἐνὶ χερσὶν ἑῇσιν.”

  Apollonius of Rhodes (295–215 BC) said by 215 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Lakshmi, the Goddess of wealth, comes of Her own accord where fools are not respected, grain is well stored up, and the husband and wife do not quarrel.”

  Chanakya (375–283 BC) said by 283 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

• “世溷浊而不分兮，好蔽美而嫉妒。”

  Qu Yuan (343–278 BC) said by 278 BC at the latest wikiquote, 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)

• “Um número é uma pluralidade composta de unidades.”

  Euclides (334–285 BC) said by 285 BC at the latest wikiquote:pt, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “ἀμάρτυρον οὐδὲν ἀείδω.”

  Callimachus (306–240 BC) said by 240 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: Fr. 612 (tr. A. W. Bulloch, 1985)

• “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)

• “Um homem pode destruir uma pedra, mas não pode fazer-lhe exame de sua dureza”

  Lü Buwei (291–235 BC) said by 235 BC at the latest wikiquote:pt, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Superstition would seem to be simply cowardice in regard to the supernatural.”

  Theophrastus (371–287 BC) said by 287 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: Characters, ch. 28 (16); translation from R. C. Jebb and J. E. Sandys (trans.), The Characters of Theophrastus (London: Macmillan, 1909), p. 139.

• “H. W. Garrod, The Oxford Book of Latin Verse (1912), no. 51”

  Laevius (151–201 BC) said by 201 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “O sábio, porém, nem desdenha viver, nem teme deixar de viver; para ele, viver não é um fardo e não-viver não é um mal.”

  Epicuro (342–270 BC) said by 270 BC at the latest wikiquote:pt, 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)

• “ὅπερ ἔδει ποιῆσαι.”

  Euclid (334–285 BC) said by 285 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Also quoted by: Ευκλείδης (el)

• “民為貴，社稷次之，君為輕。”

  Mencius (372–289 BC) said by 289 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “All men are my children. What I desire for my own children, and I desire their welfare and happiness both in this world and the next, that I desire for all men. You do not understand to what extent I desire this, and if some of you do understand, you do not understand the full extent of my desire.”

  Ashoka (304–232 BC) said by 232 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “He who knows what is of God and who knows what is of Man has reached indeed the height (of wisdom).”

  Zhuangzi (369–288 BC) said by 288 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: Ch. 6 (tr. Lin Yutang, 1942)

• “Luxurious food and drinks, in no way protect you from harm. Wealth beyond what is natural, is no more use than an overflowing container. Real value is not generated by theaters, and baths, perfumes or ointments, but by philosophy.”

  Epicurus (342–270 BC) said by 270 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source