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“If geometry exists, arithmetic must also needs be implied... But on the contrary 3, 4, and the rest might be 5 without the figures existing to which they give names. Hence arithmetic abolishes geometry along with itself, but is not abolished by it, and while it is implied by geometry, it does not itself imply geometry.”
Nicomachus (60–120) said by 120 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Quando ponebam novellas arbores mali et piri, cortici summae notavi nomen ardoris mei. nulla fit exinde finis vel quies cupidinis: crescit arbor, gliscit ardor: animus implet litteras.”
Florus (70–140) said by 140 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Itaque ne mortuo quidem perinde adfectus est, sed tantum non statim a funere ad negotiorum consuetudinem rediit iustitio longiore inhibito. Quin et Iliensium legatis paulo serius consolantibus, quasi obliterata iam doloris memoria, irridens se quoque respondit vicem eorum dolere, quod egregium civem Hectorem amisissent.”
Suetonius (69–150) said by 150 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“And when the book of Daniel was showed him [Alexander the Great] wherein Daniel declared that one of the Greeks should destroy the empire of the Persians, he supposed that he himself was the person intended.”
Flavius Josephus (37–100) said by 100 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“A boor cannot be sin-fearing, an ignoramus cannot be pious, a bashful one cannot learn, a short-tempered person cannot teach, nor does anyone who does much business grow wise.”
Hillel the Elder (101 BC–100) said by 100 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Also quoted by: Hillel the Younger
“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)
“ἔδει νὴ τοὺς θεοὺς μελετᾶν ἐπὶ τῶν μικρῶν καὶ ἀπ᾿ ἐκείνων ἀρχομένους διαβαίνειν ἐπὶ τὰ μείζω.”
Epictetus (50–138) said by 138 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“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:
“My soul being taught of God, I discerned that the former class of writings lead to condemnation, but that these put an end to the slavery that is in the world, and rescue us from a multiplicity of rulers and ten thousand tyrants, while they give us, not indeed what we had not before received, but what we had received but were pre vented by error from retaining.”
Tatian (120–173) said by 173 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“τόπος μηδένα φυσιούτω· τὸ γὰρ ὅλον ἐστὶν πίστις καὶ ἀγάπη, ὧν οὐδὲν προκέκριται.”
Ignatius of Antioch (35–108) said by 108 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Laudas balnea versibus trecentis Cenantis bene Pontici, Sabelle. Vis cenare, Sabelle, non lavari.”
Martial (40–104) said by 104 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Artificis naturae ingens opus aspice.”
Lucilius Junior (6–100) said by 100 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Let it not be in any man's power to say truly of thee that thou art not simple or that thou art not good; but let him be a liar whoever shall think anything of this kind about thee; and this is altogether in thy power.”
Marcus Aurelius (121–180) said by 180 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Olim nescio quid sit otium quid quies, quid denique illud iners quidem, iucundum tamen nihil agere nihil esse.”
Pliny the Younger (61–113) said by 113 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Ubi idem et maximus et honestissimus amor est, aliquanto praestat morte iungi quam distrahi vita.”
Valerius Maximus (101 BC–100) said by 100 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: IV, 6, 3 (tr. Samuel Speed, 1678)
“Beloved are Israel, for they were called children of the All-present.”
Akiba ben Joseph (50–135) said by 135 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Animula vagula blandula, hospes comesque corporis, quae nunc abibis in loca, pallidula, rigida, nudula, nec ut soles dabis iocos?”
Hadrian (76–138) said by 138 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Hadrian's Dying Farewell to His Soul", in the Historia Augusta, "Hadrianus", pt. 2, sec. 25, par. 9 (tr. J. W. Duff, 1934)
“In my judgment excellence and wealth are direct opposites.”
Apollonius of Tyana (15–100) said by 100 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Rabbi, You are the Son of God! You are the King of Israel!”
Bartholomew the Apostle (101 BC–100) said by 100 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The demons have always effected that all those who ever so little strived to live by logos and shun vice be hated.”
Justin Martyr (100–165) said by 165 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Second Apology, in Readings in World Christian History (2013), p. 40
“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
“This also is remarkable in India, that all Indians are free, and no Indian at all is a slave. In this the Indians agree with the Lacedaemonians. Yet the Lacedaemonians have Helots for slaves, who perform the duties of slaves; but the Indians have no slaves at all, much less is any Indian a slave.”
Arrian (89–180) said by 180 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Arrian, Anabasis Alexandri, Book VII : Indica, as translated by Edgar Iliff Robson (1929), p. 335