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“ἀγαθὸν γαμεῖν καὶ ἀγαθὰ τίκτειν”
Leonidas I (died 480 BC) said by 480 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Also quoted by: Λεωνίδας (el)
“Classical Sanskrit theatre flourished during the first nine centuries CE. Aphorisms on acting appear in the writings of Panini, the Sanskrit grammarian of the 5th century BCE, and references to actors, dancers, mummers, theatrical companies, and academies are found in Kautilya’s book on statesmanship, the Artha-shastra (4th century BCE).”
Pāṇini (520–460 BC) said by 460 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: A.K. Ramanujan in: South Asian arts, britannica.com, 17 March 2014
“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
“Τύχη τὰ θνητῶν πράγματ᾽, οὐκ εὐβουλία.”
Chaeremon (400–401 BC) said by 401 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“[O ouriço] como um pião envolvendo seu corpo cercado por espinhos é impossível mordê-lo ou tocá-lo.”
Íon de Quios (490–422 BC) said by 422 BC at the latest wikiquote:pt, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Xenophon, Hellenica, Book II, Chapter 1”
Artaxerxes I of Persia (501–424 BC) said by 424 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“νικῷ μὲν ὁ τῇδε πόλει λέγων τὸ λῷστον.”
Cratinus (500–426 BC) said by 426 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Wait for that wisest of all counselors, Time.”
Pericles (494–429 BC) said by 429 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: From Plutarch, Lives, Pericles, sec. 18. See also the following source provided by the "1000 Quotes Project": Plutarch. Plutarch’s Lives, Vol 3. Translated by Bernadotte Perrin. The Macmillan Co: New York. 1916. Pg 59 o…
“χρόνος γὰρ εὐμαρὴς θεός.”
Sophocles (496–406 BC) said by 406 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Line 179 (Cassell's, 1907)
“Onde é necessária a astúcia não há lugar para a força.”
Heródoto (484–425 BC) said by 425 BC at the latest wikiquote:pt, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“不遇敵者，必戰無不勝，但每次交鋒，終必敗北。”
Sun Tzu (544–470 BC) said by 470 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Uns sofrem de um mal, outros, de outro, e entre os homens / - quantos o sol é capaz de ver - ninguém é perfeitamente feliz”
Teógnis Mégara (570–485 BC) said by 485 BC at the latest wikiquote:pt, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“And among these countries there was a place where previously daiva [demons] were worshiped. Afterwards, by the grace of Ahuramazda, I destroyed that sanctuary of daiva, and I proclaimed: The daiva shall not be worshipped!”
Xerxes I (519–465 BC) said by 465 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Forsythe (C.E.2006), p. 204.”
Lucio Quinzio Cincinnato (451–451 BC) said by 451 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Time is the soul of this world.”
Pythagoras (583–491 BC) said by 491 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in Wisdom (2002) by Desmond MacHale
“Se aliás é infinito tem que ser um: porque se fossem dois, os dois não poderiam ser infinitos, mas um teve limite no outro.”
Melisso de Samos (491–431 BC) said by 431 BC at the latest wikiquote:pt, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“ἀνδρῶν δικαίων Χρόνος σωτὴρ ἄριστος.”
Pindar (517–437 BC) said by 437 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“γλυκὺν Ἠρίννης παρθενόχρωτα κρόκον.”
Erinna (401–401 BC) said by 401 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Meleager of Gadara, Anthologia Palatina, iv, 1, l. 12, as translated by W. R. Paton, Greek Anthology, I (1916), p. 110
“McWilliam, Janette; Puttock, Sonia; Stevenson, Tom, eds. (C.E.2011). The Statue of Zeus at Olympia: New Approaches. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4438-3032-4.”
Phidias (500–430 BC) said by 430 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Strike, if you will, but hear.”
Themistocles (524–459 BC) said by 459 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in Familiar Quotations, 9th Edition (1894) edited by J. Bartlett, p. 723
“Minha alma não aspira à vida imortal, mas esgota o campo do possível.”
Píndaro (517–437 BC) said by 437 BC at the latest wikiquote:pt, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“ἂν γνῷς τί ἐστ᾿ ἄνθρωπος, ἡδίων ἔσῃ.”
Diphilus (351–401 BC) said by 401 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 112 K.-A. (tr. C. T. Ramage, 1873)