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• “«El género humano vive gracias a algunos hombres».”

  Lucano (39–65) said by 65 at the latest wikiquote:es, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “«El sol sale [luce] para todos». [Sol omnibus lucet"]”

  Petronio (27–66) said by 66 at the latest wikiquote:es, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Bella...plus quam civilia.”

  Lucan (39–65) said by 65 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “[Per] The Jesus Myth (1999), [G. A.] Wells ...now accepts that there is some historical basis for the existence of Jesus, derived from the lost early “gospel” “Q” (the hypothetical source used by Matthew and Luke). Wells believes that it is early and reliable enough to show that Jesus probably did exist, although this Jesus was not the Christ that the later canonical Gospels portray.”

  Historical Jesus (died 33) said by 33 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “«La amistad entre semejantes es muy fuerte». [Firmissima est inter pares amicitia].”

  Quinto Curcio Rufo (100–50) said by 50 at the latest wikiquote:es, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Qualis artifex pereo.”

  Nero (37–68) said by 68 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: Quoted in "Nero" (2003) by Edward Champlin, p. 51

  Also quoted by: Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus (la), Suetonius

• “The name of Messalina has remained the most reviled attribute of immorality and indecency, of unbridled lust and sordid prostitution. This woman, related to the progeny of the Caesars and married to an emperor, surpassed the sad fame of Augustus' two Julias and brought to the imperial palace, along with the most vile vice, the rage of blood and robbery.”

  Messalina (20–48) said by 48 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Difficilis ... in perfecto mora est, naturaliterque quod procedere non potest, recedit.”

  Velleius Paterculus (19 BC–31) said by 31 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “«Cuando algunos gobernadores le aconsejaron que aumentase el impuesto de las provincias, el emperador Tiberio les contestó que el deber de un buen pastor es esquilar el rebaño, no degollarlo».”

  Tiberio (42 BC–37) said by 37 at the latest wikiquote:es, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Militat omnis amans”

  Ovid (43 BC–17) said by 17 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Also quoted by: Publius Ovidius Naso (la)

• “I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”

  Jesus (6 BC–33) said by 33 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “At the age of nineteen, on my own initiative and at my own expense, I raised an army by means of which I restored liberty to the republic, which had been oppressed by the tyranny of a faction. For which service the senate, with complimentary resolutions, enrolled me in its order...”

  Augustus (63 BC–14) said by 14 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “«Tu sabiduría vale tanto como nada si nadie sabe cuánto es tu saber».”

  Persio (34–62) said by 62 at the latest wikiquote:es, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “My soul has been magnified this day.”

  Saint Anne (55 BC–12) said by 12 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)

• “(Offering money to the apostles) Give me this power also, that anyone on whom I lay hands may receive the Holy Spirit.”

  Simon Magus (50–65) said by 65 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “But knowing that the one part consisted of Sadducees, and the other of Pharisees, Paul cried out in the sanhedrin, Men, brothers, I am a Pharisee, a son of Pharisees; I am being judged concerning hope and resurrection of the dead!”

  Paul of Tarsus (5–66) said by 66 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Magni pectoris est inter secunda moderatio.”

  Seneca the Elder (54 BC–39) said by 39 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “«La temeridad puede ser buena en unos pocos; en muchos, es una cosa funesta». [Paucis temeritas est bono, multis malo]”

  Cayo Julio Fedro (21 BC–50) said by 50 at the latest wikiquote:es, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “«El que no ama no ha llegado a conocer a Dios, porque Dios es amor».”

  Juan el Evangelista (10–98) said by 98 at the latest wikiquote:es, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “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

• “It is a maxim universally agreed upon in agriculture, that nothing must be done too late; and again, that everything must be done at its proper season; while there is a third precept which reminds us that opportunities lost can never be regained.”

  Pliny the Elder (20–79) said by 79 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. …

• “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