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• “We recognise two varieties of spirit, one of which is called the soul (ψυχή), but the other is greater than the soul, an image and likeness of God: both existed in the first men, that in one sense they might be material (ὑλικοί), and in another superior to matter.”

  Tatian (120–173) said by 173 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Cotidiano sermone quaedam frequentius et notabiliter usurpasse eum, litterae ipsius autographae ostentant, in quibus identidem, cum aliquos numquam soluturos significare vult, "ad Kalendas Graecas soluturos" ait; et cum hortatur ferenda esse praesentia, qualiacumque sint: "contenti simus hoc Catone".”

  Suetonius (69–150) said by 150 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “εἰ γοῦν ἐθελήσειας αὐτοῦ τῇ περὶ τὴν Ἀνάβασιν πραγματεία σφόδρα ἐπιμελῶς ἐντυχεῖν, [. . .] εὑρήσεις [. . .] καὶ ἐξαπατῆσαι ὅπως πολεμίους μὲν ἐπὶ βλάβῃ, φίλους δ᾿ ἐπὶ τῷ συμφέροντι, καὶ μάτην ταραττομένοις ἀλύπως τἀληθὲς καὶ πιστῶς εἰπεῖν.”

  Dio Chrysostom (40–120) said by 120 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: XVIII.15–16 (tr. R. C. Bartlett, 1996)

• “«Salve, emperador, los que van a morir te saludan».”

  Suetonio (69–150) said by 150 at the latest wikiquote:es, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Haud secus ac stabulis procurans otia pastor in foveam parco tectam velamine frondis ducit nocte lupos positae balatibus agnae.”

  Silius Italicus (26–101) said by 101 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “«Uno a uno, todos somos mortales. Juntos, somos eternos».”

  Apuleyo (125–170) said by 170 at the latest wikiquote:es, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “«La imprudencia suele preceder a la calamidad».”

  Apiano (95–165) said by 165 at the latest wikiquote:es, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “The twenty-four elders, who were seated on their thrones before God, fell on their faces and worshiped God, saying:”

  John of Patmos (50–100) said by 100 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “All years since the creation of the world total 5,698.”

  Theophilus of Antioch (200–183) said by 183 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “«No fuimos creados para morir, sino que morimos por nuestro pecado. Nos perdió nuestro libre albedrío; y hemos quedado esclavizados, los que éramos libres; por el pecado hemos sido vendidos».”

  Taciano (120–173) said by 173 at the latest wikiquote:es, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “The Jews were behind all the persecutions of the Christians. They wandered through the country everywhere hating and undermining the Christian faith.”

  Justin Martyr (100–165) said by 165 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: See Antichrist and the Tribe of Dan by Gerald Burton Winrod, Defender Publishers, 1933.

• “Greet your son Aristocleides from me. I pray he may not turn out like you, since you, too, were once an irreproachable young man.”

  Apollonius of Tyana (15–100) said by 100 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “«Alma mía, viajera / siempre joven, sin rumbo, / con toda tu ternura, / alojada en la casa / del cuerpo, compañera /¿adónde irás ahora / ya sin color ni pulso / desnuda, y sin poder / gozar como gozabas». [Animula, vagula, blandula, | Hospes, comesque corporis, | Quæ nunc abibis in loca | Pallidula, rigida, nudula | Nec, ut soles, dabis iocos].”

  Adriano (76–138) said by 138 at the latest wikiquote:es, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Anaximander says that men were first produced in fishes, and when they were grown up and able to help themselves were thrown up, and so lived upon the land.”

  Plutarch (40–120) said by 120 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source

• “No longer perched on the green leaves dost thou shed abroad thy sweet call, for as thou wast singing, noisy cicada, a foolish boy with outstretched hand slew thee.”

  Pamphilus of Alexandria (100–100) said by 100 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “O wonder beyond wonders, rapture, power, and amazement is it, that one can say nothing at all about the gospel, nor even conceive of it, nor compare it with anything.”

  Marcion of Sinope (85–160) said by 160 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: Possibly the opening lines of Marcion's Antithesis. Quoted in Marcion and Luke-Acts: A Defining Struggle (2006) by Joseph B. Tyson, p. 31.

• “Ἡ τὰ ῥόδα, ῥοδόεσσαν ἔχεις χάριν ἀλλὰ τί πωλεῖς; σαυτήν, ἢ τὰ ῥόδα; ἠὲ συναμφότερα;”

  Dionysius the Sophist (50–150) said by 150 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: A. C. Benson, "The Flower-Girl", The Reed of Pan (1922), p. 169:

• “Their exercises are unbloody battles, and their battles bloody exercises.”

  Flavius Josephus (37–100) said by 100 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “εἰ δέ τις αὐτόθεν φοβοῖτο, μὴ τοῦ ἰδίου βίου καὶ χρόνου φθέγξαιτό τι ὑπερήμερον, ἀνάγκη καὶ τὰ συλλαμβανόμενα ὑπὸ τῆς τούτου ψυχῆς ἀτελῆ καὶ τυφλὰ ὥσπερ ἀμβλοῦσθαι, πρὸς τὸν τῆς ὑστεροφημίας ὅλως μὴ τελεσφορούμενα χρόνον.”

  Longinus (100–100) said by 100 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: 14.3 (tr. D. A. Russell, 1965)

• “«El poder más seguro es aquel que sabe imponer la moderación a sus fuerzas».”

  Valerio Máximo (101 BC–100) said by 100 at the latest wikiquote:es, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “«Lo sé, soy mortal y no duro más que un día. Pero cuando acompaño, en su curso circular, las hileras presurosas de los astros, mis pies ya no tocan la tierra, llego ante el propio Zeus a saciarme de ambrosía como los dioses».”

  Claudio Ptolomeo (100–170) said by 170 at the latest wikiquote:es, CC BY-SA 4.0 source