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“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
“Qualis dominus talis est servus.”
Petronius (27–66) said by 66 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Sec. 58, translated by Michael Heseltine (1913)
“There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love.”
John the Evangelist (10–98) said by 98 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Iniquum est conlapsis manum non porrigere; commune hoc ius generis humani est.”
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 Norman T. Pratt Seneca's Drama (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1983) p. 140
“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)
“The sun has not yet set for all time.”
Livy (59 BC–17) said by 17 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Si quanta nobilitas et fortuna mihi fuit, tanta rerum prosperarum moderatio fuisset, amicus potius in hanc urbem quam captus venissem, neque dedignatus esses claris maioribus ortum, plurimis gentibus imperitantem foedere in pacem accipere.”
Caratacus (15–54) said by 54 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Tacitus Annales, Bk. XII, ch. 37; translation from The Annals of Imperial Rome, trans. Michael Grant, (Harmondsworth: Penguin, [1956] 1971) p. 267.
“What people value highly is detestable in God’s sight.”
Luke the Evangelist (died 84) said by 84 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“O caeca nocentum consilia! o semper timidum scelus!”
Statius (45–96) said by 96 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Quintili Vare, legiones redde!”
Augustus (63 BC–14) said by 14 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Said of Publius Quinctilius Varus, who commanded the three legions lost at the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest; in Suetonius, Divus Augustus, paragraph 23. Translation: Robert Graves, 1957.
“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
“Profecto ineluctabilis fatorum vis, cujuscunque fortunam mutare constituit, consilia corrumpit.”
Velleius Paterculus (19 BC–31) said by 31 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Nec nocte paratum, plorabit qui me volet incurvasse querella.”
Persius (34–62) said by 62 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)
“Gospel of Luke”
Thomas the Apostle (1–72) said by 72 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Deveis saber, antes de tudo, que nenhuma profecia da Escritura é de interpretação particular, visto que jamais uma profecia foi proferida por vontade humana. Ao contrário, foi sob o impulso do Espírito Santo que alguns falaram da parte de Deus".”
São Pedro (1 BC–65) said by 65 at the latest wikiquote:pt, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“In comparing various authors with one another, I have discovered that some of the gravest and latest writers have transcribed, word for word, from former works, without making acknowledgment.”
Pliny the Elder (20–79) said by 79 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“O nome do amigo é comum, mas sua fidelidade é rara.”
Fedro (21 BC–50) said by 50 at the latest wikiquote:pt, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Nihil potest esse diuturnum cui non subest ratio.”
Quintus Curtius Rufus (100–50) said by 50 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. …
“I forbid you to be cast down or depressed. It is not enough if you do not shrink from work; ask for it.”
Seneca the Younger (5 BC–65) said by 65 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“O sol dá luz a todos".”
Petrônio (27–66) said by 66 at the latest wikiquote:pt, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Primum est igitur ut apud nos valeant ea quae valere apud iudicem volumus, adficiamurque antequam adficere conemur.”
Quintilian (35–96) said by 96 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source