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“Parvolum differt, patiaris adversa an exspectes; nisi quod tamen est dolendi modus, non est timendi. Doleas enim quantum scias accidisse, timeas quantum possit accidere.”
Pliny the Younger (61–113) said by 113 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“אל לנו להתייאש מדבר, ואל לנו להיות תלויים בדבר.”
פליניוס הצעיר (61–113) said by 113 at the latest wikiquote:he, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“A fence to wisdom is silence.”
Akiba ben Joseph (50–135) said by 135 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Why, unhappy daughter of Pandion, dost thou mourn all day long, uttering thy twittering note? Is it that regret is come upon thee for thy maidenhead, which Thracian Tereus took from thee by dreadful force?”
Pamphilus of Alexandria (100–100) said by 100 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“In a place where there are no men, strive to be a man.”
Hillel the Elder (101 BC–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.
“By Themistocles alone, or with very few others, does this saying appear to be approved, which, though Alcaeus formerly had produced, many afterwards claimed: "Not stones, nor wood, nor the art of artisans, make a State; but where men are who know how to take care of themselves, there are cities and walls.”
Aelius Aristides (117–189) said by 189 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Vol. 2 (ed. Samuel Jebb, 1730), translated by Arthur W. Austin, The Woman and the Queen, &c. (1875) p. 90. Reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 8th ed. (1883) p. 373, note. Austin also translated the passage into…
“Be not, O Greeks, so very hostilely disposed towards the Barbarians. To the Babylonians you owe astronomy; to the Persians, magic; to the Egyptians, geometry; to the Phoeicians, instruction by alphabetic writing. Cease, then, to miscall these imitations inventions of your own. Orpheus, again, taught you poetry and song; from him, too, you learned the mysteries.”
Tatian (120–173) said by 173 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“En adsum tuis commota, Luci, precibus, rerum naturae parens, elementorum omnium domina, saeculorum progenies initialis, summa numinum, regina manium, prima caelitum, deorum dearumque facies uniformis, quae caeli luminosa culmina, maris salubria flamina, inferum deplorata silentia nutibus meis dispenso: cuius numen unicum multiformi specie, ritu vario, nomine multiiugo totus veneratus orbis.”
Apuleius (125–170) said by 170 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Haec ... ornamenta sunt mea.”
Valerius Maximus (101 BC–100) said by 100 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Valerius Maximus relates an anecdote of Cornelia, which has often been cited. A Campanian lady, who was at the time on a visit to her, having displayed to Cornelia some very beautiful ornaments which she possessed, desi…
“צבא של איילים בהנהגת אריה מטיל אימה יותר מצבא של אריות בהנהגת אייל.”
פלוטרכוס (40–120) said by 120 at the latest wikiquote:he, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Whosoever does not confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh, is antichrist.”
Polycarp (69–155) said by 155 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Approve and pursue the kind that is in accordance with nature. But avoid the kind that claims to be inspired: people like that about tell lies about Gods, and urge us to do many foolish things.”
Apollonius of Tyana (15–100) said by 100 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Attributed to Apollonius. Quoted from Ram Swarup (2000). On Hinduism: Reviews and reflections, Chapter India and Greece
“Alius quidam veterum poetarum, cuius nomen mihi nunc memoriae non est, Veritatem Temporis filiam esse dixit.”
Aulus Gellius (130–180) said by 180 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“καταμάθετε δὲ τοὺς ἑτεροδοξοῦντας εἰς τὴν χάριν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ τὴν εἰς ἡμᾶς ἐλθοῦσαν, πῶς ἐναντίοι εἰσὶν τῇ γνώμῃ τοῦ θεοῦ. περὶ ἀγάπης οὐ μέλει αὐτοῖς, οὐ περὶ χήρας, οὐ περὶ ὀρφανοῦ, οὐ περὶ θλιβομένου, οὐ περὶ δεδεμένου ἢ λελυμένου,οὐ περὶ πεινῶντος ἢ διψῶντος.”
Ignatius of Antioch (35–108) said by 108 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: 6:6-7, as translated by B. D. Ehrman, The Apostolic Fathers, Loeb Classical Library (2003), p. 303
“אל תפרוש מן הציבור." ~ מסכת אבות, ב' ד'”
הלל הזקן (101 BC–100) said by 100 at the latest wikiquote:he, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Who is there whom bright and agreeable children do not attract to play and creep and prattle with them?”
Plutarch (40–120) said by 120 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“About fame... Just as the sand-dunes, heaped one upon another, hide each the first, so in life the former deeds are quickly hidden by those that follow after.”
Marcus Aurelius (121–180) said by 180 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Tu vero felix, Agricola, non vitae tantum claritate, sed etiam opportunitate mortis.”
Tacitus (55–120) said by 120 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“εἰ δ᾿ ὡς φιλόσοφοι ταῦτα πράττουσι κέρδους ἕνεκεν καὶ δόξης τῆς ἑαυτῶν, οὐ τῆς ὑμετέρας ὠφελείας, τοῦτο δ᾿ ἤδη δεινόν. ὅμοιον γὰρ ὥσπερ εἴ τις ἰατρὸς ἐπὶ κάμνοντας ἀνθρώπους εἰσιὼν τῆς μὲν σωτηρίας αὐτῶν καὶ θεραπείας ἀμελήσειε, στεφάνους δὲ καὶ ἑταίρας καὶ μύρον αὐτοῖς εἰσφέροι.”
Dio Chrysostom (40–120) said by 120 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“מעולם לא ירדה שכינה למטה ולא עלו משה ואליהו למרום." ~ סוכה, ה' ע"א”
רבי יוסי (101–160) said by 160 at the latest wikiquote:he, CC BY-SA 4.0 source