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Said between 500 and 401 BC
“Tell your king (Xerxes), who sent you, how his Greek viceroy of Macedonia has received you hospitably.”
Alexander I of Macedon (died 454 BC) said by 454 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“οὐ λέγειν τύ γ᾿ ἐσσὶ δεινός, ἀλλὰ σιγῆν ἀδύνατος.”
Epicharmus of Kos (540–435 BC) said by 435 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 184 K.-A. = B 29 DK (tr. K. Freeman, 1948)
“Μολὼν λαβέ [Molōn labe!]”
Leonidas I (died 480 BC) said by 480 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
“Παυροεπὴς Ἤριννα, καὶ οὐ πολύμυθος ἀοιδαῖς: ἀλλ᾽ ἔλαχεν Μούσας τοῦτο τὸ βαιὸν ἔπος. τοιγάρτοι μνήμης οὐκ ἤμβροτεν, οὐδὲ μελαίνης νυκτὸς ὑπὸ σκιερῇ κωλύεται πτέρυγι: αἱ δ᾽ ἀναρίθμητοι νεαρῶν σωρηδὸν ἀοιδῶν μυριάδες λήθῃ, ξεῖνε, μαραινόμεθα. λωίτερος κύκνου μικρὸς θρόος ἠὲ κολοιῶν κρωγμὸς ἐν εἰαριναῖς κιδνάμενος νεφέλαις.”
Erinna (401–401 BC) said by 401 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Antipater of Sidon, Anthologia Palatina, vii, 713, as translated by A. J. Butler, Amaranth and Asphodel (1892), p. 59: "Preface to Êrinna’s Poems
“ζώοι τις ἀνθρώπων τὸ κατ᾿ ἦμαρ ὅπως ἥδιστα πορσύνων· τὸ δ᾿ ἐς αὔριον αἰεὶ τυφλὸν ἕρπει.”
Sophocles (496–406 BC) said by 406 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 593 TrGF (tr. E. H. Plumptre, 1865)
“When going to the temple to adore Divinity neither say nor do any thing in the interim pertaining to the common affairs of life.”
Pythagoras (583–491 BC) said by 491 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“«هنر عالی جنگ این است که دشمنت را بدون جنگیدن شکست دهی .»”
سون تسی (544–470 BC) said by 470 BC at the latest wikiquote:fa, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“«من راوی احادیث گذشتگانم، ولی نباید حتمأ به همه آن‌ها اعتقاد داشته‌باشم.»”
هرودوت (484–425 BC) said by 425 BC at the latest wikiquote:fa, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“شلی: «دوره ای که میان تولد پریکلس و مرگ ارسطو واقع است، چه در حد خود و چه از لحاظ تأثیری که در مقدرات انسان متمدن داشته‌است، بی شک مهم‌ترین دوران تاریخ جهان است»”
پریکلس (494–429 BC) said by 429 BC at the latest wikiquote:fa, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“ὦ μακάρι᾿, ἀτυχεῖν θνητὸς ὢν ἐπίστασο, ἵν᾿ αὐτὰ τἀναγκαῖα δυστυχῇς μόνον, πλείω δὲ διὰ τὴν ἀμαθίαν μὴ προσλάβῃς.”
Diphilus (351–401 BC) said by 401 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 4 K.-A. (tr. C. T. Ramage, 1873)
“زمان یا اندیشه است یا معیار؛ نه واقعیت.”
آنتیفون (480–411 BC) said by 411 BC at the latest wikiquote:fa, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“μακάριος ἦν ὁ πρὸ τοῦ βίος βροτοῖσιν πρὸς τὰ νῦν, ὃν εἶχον ἄνδρες ἀγανόφρονες ἡδυλόγῳ σοφίᾳ βροτῶν περισσοκαλεῖς.”
Cratinus (500–426 BC) said by 426 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“By the ruler's cultivation of his own character, the duties of universal obligation are set forth. By honoring men of virtue and talents, he is preserved from errors of judgment.”
Confucius (551–479 BC) said by 479 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“«انسان مقیاس همهٔ چیزهاست، مقیاس هستی چیزهایی که هست و مقیاس نیستی چیزهایی که نیست.»”
پروتاگوراس (490–420 BC) said by 420 BC at the latest wikiquote:fa, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“πάντα γὰρ ἑξείης πελεμίζετο γυῖα θεοῖο.”
Empedocles (494–434 BC) said by 434 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“C. B. Gurlick, tr. The Deipnosophists, Vol. 6, LCL 327 (1937)”
Chaeremon (400–401 BC) said by 401 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“τὸ σωφρονεῖν δὲ καὶ σέβειν τὰ τῶν θεῶν κάλλιστον· οἶμαι δ᾿ αὐτὸ καὶ σοφώτατον θνητοῖσιν εἶναι κτῆμα τοῖσι χρωμένοις.”
Euripides (481–407 BC) said by 407 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: ll. 1150–1152 (tr. William Arrowsmith, 1958)
“Ō xein', angellein Lakedaimoniois hoti tē(i)de keimetha tois keinōn rhēmasi peithomenoi.”
Simonides of Ceos (556–468 BC) said by 468 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“χρήματα μὲν δαίμων καὶ παγκάκῳ ἀνδρὶ δίδωσιν Κύρν᾿· ἀρετῆς δ᾿ ὀλίγοις ἀνδράσι μοῖρ᾿ ἕπεται.”
Theognis of Megara (570–485 BC) said by 485 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“«تجربه طبیبی حاذق است که فقط پس از بیماری به ملاقات شخص می‌آید.»”
اوریپید (481–407 BC) said by 407 BC at the latest wikiquote:fa, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“«اگر دوست تو مرتکب خطایی شد، از دوستی او صرف نظر مکن؛ زیرا که انسان در معرض خطاست. تا می‌توانی دوست برای خودت آماده کن، نه ثروت.»”
فیثاغورث (583–491 BC) said by 491 BC at the latest wikiquote:fa, CC BY-SA 4.0 source