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“Those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.”
Jesus (6 BC–33) said by 33 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Ni pudor et junctae teneat reverentia matris.”
Statius (45–96) said by 96 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Si veris magna paratur fama bonis et si successu nuda remoto inspicitur virtus, quidquid laudamus in ullo maiorum, fortuna fuit.”
Lucan (39–65) said by 65 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Gospel of Matthew”
Thomas the Apostle (1–72) said by 72 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
“J’avais reçu une ville faite de briques, je laisse une cité de marbre.”
Auguste (63 BC–14) said by 14 at the latest wikiquote:fr, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Vies des Douze Césars Suétone Librairie générale française 1990 135 {{II
“But he, being full of the Holy Spirit, gazed into heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God, and said, “Look! I see the heavens opened and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God!”
Saint Stephen (1–36) said by 36 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Every sea is sea. Why do we foolishly blame the Cyclades or the Hellespont, and the Sharp Isles? They merit not their evil fame; for why, when I had escaped them, did the harbour of Scarphaea drown me? Let who will pray for fair weather to bring him home; Aristagoras, who is buried here, knows that the sea is the sea.”
Antipater of Thessalonica (101 BC–50) said by 50 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Il n’y a ici ni Grec ni Juif, ni circoncis ni incirconcis, ni barbare ni Scythe, ni esclave ni libre ; mais Christ est tout et en tous.”
Paul de Tarse (5–66) said by 66 at the latest wikiquote:fr, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“A physical man does not receive the things of the spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; and he cannot get to know [them], because they are examined spiritually. However, the spiritual man examines indeed all things, but he himself is not examined by any man.”
Paul of Tarsus (5–66) said by 66 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Historia et scribitur ad narrandum non ad probandum.”
Quintilian (35–96) said by 96 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Iuravit in mea verba tota Italia.”
Augustus (63 BC–14) said by 14 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Magnum opus et volucres quondam fecere sagittae.”
Grattius (51 BC–50) said by 50 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“All the believers were together and had everything in common. They sold property and possessions to give to anyone who had need.”
Luke the Evangelist (died 84) said by 84 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Messalina shows a greed that is matched only by her eroticism and wickedness. She obtains the death sentence for several large landowners on various pretexts, but in reality for the sole purpose of seizing their property.”
Messalina (20–48) said by 48 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Celui qui aime son père ou sa mère plus que moi n'est pas digne de moi. Celui qui aime son fils et sa fille plus que moi n'est pas digne de moi. Et, celui qui ne prend pas sa croix pour marcher derrière moi n'est pas digne de moi. Celui qui vit pour soi la perdra et celui qui la sacrifie pour moi l'aura finalement pour lui...”
Jésus (6 BC–33) said by 33 at the latest wikiquote:fr, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“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)
“Ειτα ταυτα και τα τοιαυτα κεκτημένοι των σκηνιδίων ημων επιθυμειτε.”
Caratacus (15–54) said by 54 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Cassius Dio Roman History Bk. LXI, ch. 33, sect. 3c; translation from John Creighton Coins and Power in Late Iron Age Britain (Cambridge: CUP, 2000) p. 92.
“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
“Of what benefit is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but he does not have works? That faith cannot save him, can it? If a brother or a sister is lacking clothing and enough food for the day, yet one of you says to them, “Go in peace; keep warm and well fed,” but you do not give them what they need for their body, of what benefit is it? So, too, faith by itself, without works, is dead.”
James, son of Zebedee (1–44) said by 44 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Malheur à moi, […], je crois devenir dieu.”
Vespasien (9–79) said by 79 at the latest wikiquote:fr, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Vies des Douze Césars Suétone Librairie générale française 1990 474 {{VIII
“(...) cette jeune femme de 24 ans, qu'on dépeint comme une dévergondée, était en réalité une sentimentale, une amoureuse romantique.”
Messaline (20–48) said by 48 at the latest wikiquote:fr, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Fortes Fortuna iuvat.”
Pliny the Elder (20–79) said by 79 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source