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“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
“Ἴδ᾿ ἀρχὴ φιλοσοφιας· αἴσθησις μάχης τῆς πρὸς ἀλλήλους τῶν ἀνθρώπων καὶ ζήτησις τοῦ παρ᾿ ὃ γίνεται ἡ μάχη καὶ κατάγνωσις καὶ ἀπιστία πρὸς τὸ ψιλῶς δοκοῦν, ἔρευνα δέ τις περὶ τὸ δοκοῦν εἰ ὀρθῶς δοκεῖ καὶ εὕρεσις κανόνος τινός, οἷον ἐπὶ βαρῶν τὸν ζυγὸν εὕρομεν, οἷον ἐπὶ εὐθέων καὶ στρεβλῶν τὴν στάθμην.”
Epictetus (50–138) said by 138 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“οὐδὲ γὰρ οἷόν τε μικρὰ καὶ δουλοπρεπῆ φρονοῦντας καὶ ἐπιτηδεύοντας παρ᾿ ὅλον τὸν βίον θαυμαστόν τι καὶ τοῦ παντὸς αἰῶνος ἐξενεγκεῖν ἄξιον· μεγάλοι δὲ οἱ λόγοι τούτων, κατὰ τὸ εἰκός, ὧν ἂν ἐμβριθεῖς ὦσιν αἱ ἔννοιαι.”
Longinus (100–100) said by 100 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: 9.3 (tr. D. A. Russell, 1965)
“The Phocians were deprived of their share in the Delphic sanctuary and in the Greek assembly, and their votes were given by the Amphictyons to the Macedonians.”
Pausanias (110–180) said by 180 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The soul that does not consider the question of the body’s self-sufficiency cannot make itself self-sufficient.”
Apollonius of Tyana (15–100) said by 100 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Can anything good come out of Nazareth?”
Bartholomew the Apostle (101 BC–100) said by 100 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
“Si computes annos, exiguum tempus, si vices rerum, aevum putes.”
Pliny the Younger (61–113) said by 113 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“ἅπαν γὰρ ἀτεχνῶς τὸ λοιπὸν σῶμα τῆς ἱστορίας διήγησις μακρά ἐστιν. ὥστε ταῖς τῆς διηγήσεως ἀρεταῖς κατακεκοσμήσθω, λείως τε καὶ ὁμαλῶς προϊοῦσα καὶ αὑτῇ ὁμοίως ὥστε μὴ προὔχειν μήτε κοιλαίνεσθαι.”
Lucian (120–180) said by 180 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: 59.55 (tr. T. Francklin, 1780)
“Kto wad nienawidzi, nienawidzi i ludzi.”
Pliniusz Młodszy (61–113) said by 113 at the latest wikiquote:pl, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I know that I am mortal by nature and ephemeral, but when I trace at my pleasure the windings to and fro of the heavenly bodies, I no longer touch earth with my feet. I stand in the presence of Zeus himself and take my fill of ambrosia.”
Ptolemy (100–170) said by 170 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: In some of the manuscripts, the books begins with this epigram (Owen Gingerich, The Eye of Heaven: Ptolemy, Copernicus, Kepler, American Institute of Physics, 1993, p. 55).
“Czy kiedykolwiek na ziemi lub w niebie Widzieliście istotę, która się rodzi a nie umiera? Czy słyszeliście kiedy, że to się zdarzyło? Lub nawet podejrzewaliście, że mogłoby?”
Aśwagosza (80–150) said by 150 at the latest wikiquote:pl, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Jeżeli nie ja dla mnie – kto dla mnie? A gdy ja tylko dla siebie – kim jestem? A jeśli nie teraz – to kiedy?”
Hillel Starszy (101 BC–100) said by 100 at the latest wikiquote:pl, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Źródło: Pirke Awot (Sentencje Ojców), w: Talmud Babiloński, wyd. Stowarzyszenie Pardes, Kraków 2009.
“Miłość chłopięca jest dziełem filozofii, mędrcom należy więc zostawić kochanie chłopców.”
Lukian z Samosat (120–180) said by 180 at the latest wikiquote:pl, 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
“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:
“Everything that is harmoniously constituted is knit together out of opposites...”
Nicomachus (60–120) said by 120 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I protest openly that I do not go over to the Romans as a deserter of the Jews, but as a minister from thee.”
Flavius Josephus (37–100) said by 100 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Mądry człowiek zapanuje nad gwiazdami.”
Klaudiusz Ptolemeusz (100–170) said by 170 at the latest wikiquote:pl, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Czyż może być co dobrego z Nazaretu?”
Bartłomiej Apostoł (101 BC–100) said by 100 at the latest wikiquote:pl, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Non est paupertas, Nestor, habere nihil.”
Martial (40–104) said by 104 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“At ne cui dubium omnino sit et impudicitiae et adulteriorum flagrasse infamia, Curio pater quadam eum oratione omnium mulierum virum et omnium virorum mulierem appellat.”
Suetonius (69–150) said by 150 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source