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“Various hands, The Oxford Book of Greek Verse in Translation (1938), nos. 590–2”
Antipater of Thessalonica (101 BC–50) said by 50 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Nothing is stronger than custom.”
Ovid (43 BC–17) said by 17 at the latest bartlett, Public domain 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
“More than her beauty, she has left in history the memory of her immorality. This is so famous that her name alone, if I may say so, has become a programme in itself. It is true that her immodesty is appalling. Today's doctors would assure us that she is afflicted with the evil they call “nymphomania”, that is to say, an “exacerbation of sexual instincts”.”
Messalina (20–48) said by 48 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
“Pecunia non olet.”
Vespasian (9–79) said by 79 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Also quoted by: Vespasiano (pt)
“Æquo stat fœdere tempus.”
Marcus Manilius (100–50) said by 50 at the latest wikiquote, 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)
“It is my judgment, therefore, that we should not make it difficult for the Gentiles who are turning to God. Instead we should write to them, telling them to abstain from food polluted by idols, from sexual immorality, from the meat of strangled animals and from blood.”
James, brother of Jesus (100–62) said by 62 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“If the infant is male and it looks as though it has no foreskin, she should gently draw the tip of the foreskin forward or even hold it together with a strand of wool to fasten it. For if gradually stretched and continuously drawn forward it easily stretches and assumes its normal length, covers the glans and becomes accustomed to keep the natural good shape.”
Aulus Cornelius Celsus (25 BC–50) said by 50 at the latest wikiquote, 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
“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
“Socrates is reported to have replied, when a certain person complained of having received no benefit from his travels: “It serves you right! You travelled in your own company!”
Seneca the Younger (5 BC–65) said by 65 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“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
“We give to necessity the praise of virtue.”
Quintilian (35–96) said by 96 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“(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
“The majority, who through the blindness of their reason do not discern the damages which the soul has sustained, only feel the pain of external injuries, because the faculty of judgment, which alone can enable them to apprehend the damage to the mind, is taken from them.”
Philo (15 BC–50) said by 50 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“This means everlasting life, their coming to know you, the only true God, and the one whom you sent, Jesus Christ.”
John the Evangelist (10–98) said by 98 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“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
“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
“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
“Ecce parens verus patriae.”
Lucan (39–65) said by 65 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Vile est quod licet.”
Petronius (27–66) said by 66 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Sec 93, reported in W. F. H. King, Classical and Foreign Quotations, 3rd ed. (1904) p. 222, no. 1725