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“The snake should be caught by others”
Keikavus (1021–1098) said by 1098 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Ἡ γὰρ συνήθεια εὔκαταφρονήτους ποιεῖν εἴωθεν.”
Kekaumenos (1020–1070) said by 1070 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Strategikon, ch. 12. Reported in Georgina G. Buckler, "Proverb: Familiarity Breeds Contempt", Notes and Queries (18 July 1936) p. 46
“«Te amo con un amor inalterable, mientras tantos amores humanos no son más que espejismos. Te consagro un amor puro y sin mácula: en mis entrañas está visiblemente grabado y escrito tu cariño».”
Ibn Hazm (994–1064) said by 1064 at the latest wikiquote:es, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“No tool is more beneficial than intelligence. No enemy is more harmful than ignorance.”
Al-Shaykh Al-Mufid (948–1022) said by 1022 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Book of Guidance into the Lives of the Twelve Imams, 1981, "The Life of the Commander of the Faithful" (I. K. A. Howard (tr.)).
“In the name of God, who gives life and mind to humans. Human thoughts cannot go higher than Him or fully understand Him.”
Ferdowsi (940–1020) said by 1020 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“No thought, no reflection, no analysis, No cultivation, no intention; Let it settle itself.”
Tilopa (988–1069) said by 1069 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Six Precepts" of Tilopa, quoted in Powell Zen and Reality (1975), p. 72
“زيادة المرء في دنياه نقصان وربحه غير محض الخير خسران”
Abu al-Fath al-Busti (942–1010) said by 1010 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Æmulabatur Ægyptum regularium cœnobiorum collegiis.”
William of Poitiers (1020–1090) said by 1090 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Scriptores Rerum Francicarum, vol. 11, p. 89. Paraphrased by Jules Michelet, History of France, tr. G. H. Smith, vol. 1 (New York: D. Appleton and Co, 1882), p. 197
“Medicine considers the human body as to the means by which it is cured and by which it is driven away from health.”
Avicenna (980–1037) said by 1037 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in The Pursuit of Learning in the Islamic World, 610-2003 (2006), by Hunt Janin, p. 75.
“Great shame it is to deem of high degree Thyself, or over others rackon thee. Strive to be like the pupil of thine eye— To see all else, but not thyself to see.”
Khwaja Abdullah Ansari (1006–1089) said by 1089 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“为天地立心，为生民立命，为往圣继绝学，为万世开太平。”
Zhang Zai (1020–1077) said by 1077 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Complete Works of Master Zhang, "Supplements to Reflections on Things at Hand", as quoted in Wang Chunyong's Famous Chinese Sayings Quoted by Wen Jiabao, trans. Chan Sin-wai (Hong Kong: Chung Hwa Book Co., 2009), p. 10
“Stillness is an undisturbed state of the intellect,”
Niketas Stethatos (1000–1090) said by 1090 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Be glad," she said, "God brought you to fifty years in your world"— but didn't know there's no division between, as I see it, my days that have passed and Noah's of which I've heard. In the world I have nothing but the hour I'm in, which stands for a moment and then like a cloud moves on.”
Shmuel HaNagid (993–1056) said by 1056 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Methink I am thrice-imprisoned—ask not me Of news that need no telling— By loss of sight, confinement in my house, And this vile body for my spirit’s dwelling.”
Al-Ma'arri (973–1057) said by 1057 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Translation of Reynold Nicholson, as quoted in The Luzumiyat of Abu'l-Ala (1920) by Ameen Rihani
“Merie sungen the muneches binnen Ely Tha Cnut Ching rew there by: Roweth, cnihtes, noer the lant, And here we thes muneches saeng.”
Cnut (994–1035) said by 1035 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Cnut is said to have composed this song on hearing the music of Ely Abbey, as he was sailing by in a boat. This one verse of that song has been preserved by a monk of Ely in the Historia Eliensis (c. 1166). Reported in …
“Whosoever seeks the truth will not proceed by studying the writings of his predecessors and by simply accepting his own good opinion of them. Whosoever studies works of science must, if he wants to find the truth, transform himself into a critic of everything he reads. He must examine tests and explanations with the greatest precision and question them from all angles and aspects.”
Alhazen (965–1039) said by 1039 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The first nation (to have cultivated science) is India. This is a powerful nation having a large population, and a rich kingdom (possession). India is known for the wisdom of its people. Over many centuries, all the kings of the past have recognized the ability of the Indians in all the branches of knowledge.”
Said al-Andalusi (1029–1070) said by 1070 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“A faithless wife brings ruin to the state.”
Matilda of Flanders (1031–1083) said by 1083 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Matilda of Flanders – Queen of the Conqueror, By Moniek Bloks, Friday 29 December 2017.