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“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
“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
“At pulchrum est digito monstrari et dicier "hic est".”
Persius (34–62) said by 62 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Послушайте юноши, старика, которого юношей слушали старики!”
Октавиан Август (63 BC–14) said by 14 at the latest wikiquote:ru, 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
“You must lay aside the burdens of the mind; until you do this, no place will satisfy you.”
Seneca the Younger (5 BC–65) said by 65 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Multos in summa pericula misit venturi timor ipse mali. Fortissimus ille est qui, promptus metuenda pati, si comminus instent, et differre potest.”
Lucan (39–65) said by 65 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Nitimur in vetitum semper, cupimusque negata.”
Ovid (43 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
“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
“All things will be clear and distinct to the man who does not hurry; haste is blind and improvident.”
Livy (59 BC–17) said by 17 at the latest wikiquote, 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)
“Учиться дозволено и у врага.”
Публий Овидий Назон (43 BC–17) said by 17 at the latest wikiquote:ru, 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)
“(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
“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
“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. …
“A liar should have a good memory.”
Quintilian (35–96) said by 96 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Итак, не заботьтесь и не говорите: что нам есть? или что пить? или во что одеться? потому что всего этого ищут язычники, и потому что Отец ваш Небесный знает, что вы имеете нужду во всем этом.”
Иисус Христос (6 BC–33) said by 33 at the latest wikiquote:ru, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“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
“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
“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
“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.