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“Socrates was ennobled by the hemlock draught. Wrench from Cato's hand his sword, the vindicator of liberty, and you deprive him of the greatest share of his glory.”
Seneca the Younger (5 BC–65) said by 65 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Pecunia non olet.”
Vespasian (9–79) said by 79 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Also quoted by: Vespasiano (pt)
“O homines ad servitutem paratos!”
Tiberius (42 BC–37) said by 37 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Die Sonne leuchtet allen." – Satyricon, 100”
Petron (27–66) said by 66 at the latest wikiquote:de, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Man muss Gott mehr gehorchen als den Menschen." - gefunden in "Die Apostel vor dem Hohen Rat" in Apostelgeschichte 5,21-42”
Simon Petrus (1 BC–65) said by 65 at the latest wikiquote:de, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Now I know that the Lord God has blessed me exceedingly; for, behold the widow no longer a widow, and I the childless shall conceive.”
Saint Anne (55 BC–12) said by 12 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“For the one who does not practice mercy will have his judgment without mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.”
James, son of Zebedee (1–44) said by 44 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Quintilius Varus, gib die Legionen zurück!" - nach der Schlacht im Teutoburger Wald, Sueton, Divus Augustus 23, 2”
Augustus (63 BC–14) said by 14 at the latest wikiquote:de, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Tu caeli pelagique nepos.”
Statius (45–96) said by 96 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Die Dinge sind nicht immer so wie sie scheinen." - Fabeln IV, II. Poeta”
Phaedrus (21 BC–50) said by 50 at the latest wikiquote:de, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Nec vitia nostra nec remedia pati possumus”
Livy (59 BC–17) said by 17 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Let your beauty be not just the outward adorning of braiding the hair, and of wearing jewels of gold, or of putting on fine clothing; but in the hidden person of the heart, in the incorruptible adornment of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God very precious.”
Saint Peter (1 BC–65) said by 65 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“[The Mythical Jesus viewpoint holds that a historical Jesus—if he did exist—] had virtually nothing to do with the founding of Christianity.”
Historical Jesus (died 33) said by 33 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Let not things, because they are common, enjoy for that the less share of our consideration.”
Pliny the Elder (20–79) said by 79 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Aetati tuae, mi Tiberi, noli in hac re indulgere et nimium indignari quemquam esse, qui de me male loquatur; satis est enim, si hoc habemus ne quis nobis male facere possit.”
Augustus (63 BC–14) said by 14 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Suetonius, Divus Augustus, paragraph 51. Translation: Robert Graves, 1957.
“Et ideo ego adulescentulos existimo in scholis stultissimos fieri, quia nihil ex his, quae in usu habemus.”
Petronius (27–66) said by 66 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Sec. 1, translated by "Sebastian Melmoth", The Satyricon of Petronius (Paris: Charles Carrington, 1902)
“Unica belli praemia civilis, victis donare salutem, perdidimus.”
Lucan (39–65) said by 65 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Book IX, line 1066 (tr. J. D. Duff).
“The Aegean sea washes Greece on two sides: first, the side that faces towards the east and stretches from Sunium, towards the north as far as the Thermaean Gulf and Thessaloniceia, a Macedonian city...; and secondly, the side that faces towards the south, I mean the Macedonian country, extending from Thessaloniceia as far as the Strymon.”
Strabo (63 BC–23) said by 23 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Book 7, ch. 7, secs. 4-5 (tr. H. L. Jones, vol. 3, 1924)
“All my life have I been reared among the Sages, but I have found nothing better for the body than silence; 'Tis not the conveyance of teachings which is the principal [aim], but rather the discharge of one's duty (i.e. action). Whosoever is verbose brings on sin.”
Simeon ben Gamliel (10 BC–69) said by 69 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Oculos et vestigia domini, res agro saluberrimas, facilius admittit.”
Columella (4–70) said by 70 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: De Re Rustica, IV. 18: Quoted in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), Lemma "Agriculture" p. 18-19.
“We must obey God rather than men.”
Luke the Evangelist (died 84) said by 84 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Herr, rechne ihnen diese Sünde nicht an!" - Letzte Worte, ca. 35-44 n.Chr. bei seiner Steinigung,”
Stephanus (1–36) said by 36 at the latest wikiquote:de, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“[…] Jedes Reich, das in sich gespalten ist, geht zugrunde, […]." -”
Jesus von Nazareth (6 BC–33) said by 33 at the latest wikiquote:de, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Non-Fijian and perhaps a western interpretation could spark insensitivity from various points of view.”
Hafiz Khan (died 22) said by 22 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source