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“Ον αγαπά Κύριος παιδεύει. ~ επιστολή Προς Εβραίους, 12.6”
Απόστολος Παύλος (5–66) said by 66 at the latest wikiquote:el, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Est deus in nobis, et sunt commercia caeli: Sedibus aetheriis spiritus ille venit.”
Ovid (43 BC–17) said by 17 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Cincinnatus was ploughing his four jugera of land upon the Vaticanian Hill,—the same that are still known as the Quintian Meadows,—when the messenger brought him the dictatorship, finding him, the tradition says, stripped to the work.”
Pliny the Elder (20–79) said by 79 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The wife hath not power of her own body, but the husband. And in like manner the husband also hath not power of his own body, but the wife.”
Paul of Tarsus (5–66) said by 66 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Perierat totus orbis, nisi iram finiret misericordia.”
Seneca the Elder (54 BC–39) said by 39 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Book I, Chapter I; slightly modified translation from Michael Winterbottom, Declamations of the Elder Seneca (London: Heinemann, 1974) vol. 1 p. 33
“Every good gift and every perfect gift is frome above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.”
James, son of Zebedee (1–44) said by 44 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Ουδείς μέγας χώρος κενός εστί”
Ήρων (10–75) said by 75 at the latest wikiquote:el, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Όσο είσαι ευτυχισμένος, θα έχεις πολλούς φίλους.”
Οβίδιος (43 BC–17) said by 17 at the latest wikiquote:el, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Once at supper, reflecting that he had done nothing for any that day, he broke out into that memorable and justly-admired saying, "My friends, I have lost a day." (Diem perdidi)”
Titus (39–81) said by 81 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: In Suetonius, Life of Titus, sec. 8 (tr. A. Thomson and T. Forester, 1911)
“We keep the eighth day with joyfulness, the day also on which Jesus rose again from the dead.”
Barnabas (1–61) said by 61 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Nuper ventosa istaec et enormis loquacitas Athenas ex Asia commigravit animosque iuvenum ad magna surgentes veluti pestilenti quodam sidere adflavit, semelque corrupta regula eloquentia stetit et obmutuit.”
Petronius (27–66) said by 66 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Sec. 2, translated by "Sebastian Melmoth" (1902)
“And they stoned Stephen as he was calling on God and saying, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.” Then he knelt down and cried out with a loud voice, “Lord, do not charge them with this sin.” And when he had said this, he fell asleep.”
Saint Stephen (1–36) said by 36 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“As the Lord my God lives, if I beget either male or female, I will bring it as a gift to the Lord my God; and it shall minister to Him in holy things all the days of its life.”
Saint Anne (55 BC–12) said by 12 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Utinam populus Romanus unam cervicem haberet!”
Caligula (12–41) said by 41 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: In Suetonius, Life of Gaius Caligula, sec. 30, as translated in Charlotte Mary Yonge, Landmarks of History. Ancient History: From the Earliest Times to the Mahometan Conquest (London: John and Charles Mozley, 1852) ch. …
“For he considered that, in many cases, but especially in war, mere appearances have had all the effect of realities; and that a person, under a firm persuasion that he can command resources, virtually has them; that very prospect inspiring him with hope and boldness in his exertions.”
Livy (59 BC–17) said by 17 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Make the study of the Torah your chief occupation; speak little, but accomplish much; and receive every man with a friendly countenance.”
Shammai (48 BC–30) said by 30 at the latest wikiquote, 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
“You experts in the law, woe to you, because you load people down with burdens they can hardly carry, and you yourselves will not lift one finger to help them. ... Woe to you experts in the law, because you have taken away the key to knowledge. You yourselves have not entered, and you have hindered those who were entering.”
Luke the Evangelist (died 84) said by 84 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.
“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
“Η αλήθεια μισεί τις καθυστερήσεις.”
Σενέκας (5 BC–65) said by 65 at the latest wikiquote:el, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“(To Pontius Pilate referring to Jesus) Have nothing to do with that just Man, for I have suffered many things today in a dream because of Him.”
Pontius Pilate's wife (6–81) said by 81 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source