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Said between 500 and 401 BC
“Practice justice in word and deed, and do not get in the habit of acting thoughtlessly about anything.”
Pythagoras (583–491 BC) said by 491 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in Divine Harmony: The Life and Teachings of Pythagoras by John Strohmeier and Peter Westbrook. (1999)
“«No se puede saber hoy de qué estará hecho el día de mañana».”
Simónides de Ceos (556–468 BC) said by 468 BC at the latest wikiquote:es, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“«El desterrado se alimenta de esperanzas».”
Esquilo (525–456 BC) said by 456 BC at the latest wikiquote:es, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“非其鬼而祭之，諂也。見義不為，無勇也。”
Confucius (551–479 BC) said by 479 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“πολλοί τοι πόσιος καὶ βρώσιός εἰσιν ἑταῖροι, ἐν δὲ σπουδαίῳ πρήγματι παυρότεροι.”
Theognis of Megara (570–485 BC) said by 485 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“… zographian poiesin sioposan prosagoreuei, ten de poiesin zographian lalousan.”
Simonides of Ceos (556–468 BC) said by 468 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“τὸ σοφὸν δ᾿ οὐ σοφία, τό τε μὴ θνατὰ φρονεῖν.”
Euripides (481–407 BC) said by 407 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: ll. 395–396 (tr. T. A. W. Buckley, 1850)
“Our constitution does not copy the laws of neighboring states; we are rather a pattern to others than imitators ourselves”
Pericles (494–429 BC) said by 429 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The only roads of enquiry there are to think of: one, that it is and that it is not possible for it not to be, this is the path of persuasion (for truth is its companion); the other, that it is not and that it must not be — this I say to you is a path wholly unknowable.”
Parmenides (515–470 BC) said by 470 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Stranger, tell the people of Lacedaemon That we who lie here obeyed their commands.”
Herodotus (484–425 BC) said by 425 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“…καὶ δὶς γάρ, ὅ δεῖ, καλόν ἐστιν ἐνισπεῖν.”
Empedocles (494–434 BC) said by 434 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Τὸ σήμερον μέλει μοι, τὸ δ᾽ αὔριον τίς οἶδεν;”
Anacreon (570–485 BC) said by 485 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Odes, VIII (VII), 9 (tr. Harbottle, 1897, p. 512)
“«Al igual entre las hojas del gran álamo negro, aunque no sea otra cosa que su copa, cualquier aire la agita y levanta como una pluma».”
Sófocles (496–406 BC) said by 406 BC at the latest wikiquote:es, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Strabo, Geography, translated by Horace Leonard Jones; Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd. (C.E.1924). LacusCurtis, Online version at the Perseus Digital Library, Books 6–14.”
Phidias (500–430 BC) said by 430 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Statue of Zeus in Olympia”
Polykleitos (490–420 BC) said by 420 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Also quoted by: Phidias
“Henri Gauthier, Le Livre des rois d'Égypte, IV, Cairo C.E.1916 (=MIFAO 20), p. 152.”
Artaxerxes I of Persia (501–424 BC) said by 424 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“«Recordad que la Naturaleza nos ha dado dos oídos y una sola boca, para enseñarnos que vale más oír que hablar».”
Zenón de Elea (490–425 BC) said by 425 BC at the latest wikiquote:es, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“ἀλλ᾽οἱ βροτοὶ δοκέουσι γεννᾶσθαι θεοὺς, τὴν σφετέρην δ᾽ἐσθῆτα ἔχειν φωνήν τε δέμας τε.”
Xenophanes (570–478 BC) said by 478 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“F. C. Babbitt, tr. Pluarch's Moralia, Vol. 2, LCL 222 (1928)”
Chaeremon (400–401 BC) said by 401 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“«Ser desconocido de los hombres, y no cuidarse de ello, he aquí lo que es propio del sabio».”
Confucio (551–479 BC) said by 479 BC at the latest wikiquote:es, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“ποταμῷ γὰρ οὐκ ἔστιν ἐμβῆναι δὶς τῷ αὐτῷ”
Heraclitus (535–471 BC) said by 471 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“εἰ μὴ τὸ λαβεῖν ἦν, οὐδὲ εἷς πονηρὸς ἦν.”
Diphilus (351–401 BC) said by 401 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“μή, φίλα ψυχά, βίον ἀθάνατον σπεῦδε, τὰν δ᾿ ἔμπρακτον ἄντλει μαχανάν.”
Pindar (517–437 BC) said by 437 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Περὶ μὲν θεῶν οὐκ ἔχω εἰδέναι οὔθ᾽ ὡς εἰσίν, οὔθ᾽ ὡς οὐκ εἰσίν· πολλὰ γὰρ τὰ κωλύοντα εἰδέναι, ἥ τ᾿ ἀδηλότης καὶ βραχὺς ὢν ὁ βίος τοῦ ἀνθρώπου.”
Protagoras (490–420 BC) said by 420 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted in Diogenes Laërtius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, b. 9, sec. 51. Translated by R. D. Hicks, vol. 2 (1925) p. 465. Diogenes adds: "For this introduction to his book the Athenians expelled him; and they burnt hi…