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“A scene like Paradise! 'Tis not Farkhar Yet all the splendour of Farkhar is there. Kisses of loyal kings imprint the earth, Faces of fair youths fill with light the air. Then look how gold and silver pleiades Bestud the rolling sky of scimitars, And how, like dagger's peral-encrusted haft, Each baldrick shows its blazonry of stars!”
Unsuri (970–1039) said by 1039 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I do repent of wine and talk of wine, Of idols fair with charms like silver fine: A lip-repentance and a lustful heart— O God, forgive this penitence of mine!”
Asjadi (901–1040) said by 1040 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“My punishment is far heavier, I forgive you, and set you free.”
Alp Arslan (1029–1072) said by 1072 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Attributed in: R. Scott Peoples (2007) Crusade of Kings. p. 13
“Get up and bring fur clothes as Autumn is here A cold wind is blowing from the Khawrazm yonder Look at that vine leaf hanging on the vine bough It looks like the shirt of dyers The farmer is biting his finger with wonder As in the lawn or garden is left no more rose or lavender”
Manuchehri (1000–1040) said by 1040 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The heart in which love and compassion for all living beings resides, can have no room for seeking after personal pleasures. O friend, take care to do no harm to any living creature; to hurt his creation is to forget the Creator.”
Khwaja Abdullah Ansari (1006–1089) said by 1089 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted in Tales of the Mystic East: An Anthology of Mystic and Moral Tales Taken from the Teachings of the Saints (, 1997), p. 208
“The church shall be catholic, chaste and free: catholic in faith and the communion of saints, chaste from all contagion of evil, and free from all secular power.”
Pope Urban II (1035–1099) first seen 1050 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Decree, also quoted in Colin Morris, The Papal Monarchy: The Western Church from 1050 to 1250 (1991), p. 125
“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.)).
“This world is such an abode that if those present here Have their wits entire, they will never weep for the absent ones.”
Al-Ma'arri (973–1057) said by 1057 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Kuraki yori Kuraki michi ni zo lrinubeki Haruka ni terase Yama no ha no tsuki.”
Izumi Shikibu (976–1033) said by 1033 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Said to be [Izumi Shikibu's] death-verse; the moon may refer to Buddha's teachings." Anthology Of Japanese Literature (1955) by Donald Keene, p. 92
“That it has pleased God to make Holy Scripture obscure in certain places lest, if it were perfectly clear to all, it might be vulgarized and subjected to disrespect or be so misunderstood by people of limited intelligence as to lead them into error.”
Pope Gregory VII (1020–1085) first seen 1079 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: In response to the request made in 1079 by Vratislaus, duke of Bohemia, seeking permission to use Slavonic in local church services. Quoted in Awake! magazine (December 2011), p. 7; "They Tried to Keep God's Word From t…
“Il Signore commisura a ciascuno i premi ed i carismi dello Spirito in base al nostro proposito.”
Simeone il nuovo teologo (949–1022) said by 1022 at the latest wikiquote:it, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Good deeds stand tall like a green pine, evil deeds bloom like flowers; The pine is not as brilliant as the flowers, it seems. When the frost comes, the pine will still stand tall, While the flowers, withered, can be seen no more”
Nasir Khusraw (1004–1088) said by 1088 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Allora, fratello, vuoi imparare la grammatica? Impara a declinare Dio al plurale!”
Pier Damiani (1007–1072) said by 1072 at the latest wikiquote:it, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Quando un re sale al trono gli vengono consegnati un anello con sigillo, una spada e una copia del Corano.”
Abū ʿUbayd al-Bakrī (1014–1094) said by 1094 at the latest wikiquote:it, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Il pane ed il vino che sono posti sull'altare sono, dopo la consacrazione, non il solo sacramento ma anche il vero corpo e sangue del Signore nostro Gesù Cristo che, in modo sensibile, non solo in sacramento, ma in verità, è toccato e spezzato dalle mani dei sacerdoti ed è masticato dai denti dei fedeli. (dal Sinodo di Roma, 690)”
Papa Niccolò II (990–1061) said by 1061 at the latest wikiquote:it, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I counsel you, O Kings of Earth, to cease not Seeking good name for well-doing and right Spending your 'white' and 'red' to purchase honour, Which shall not wane with change of 'black' and 'white': These are the lasting spoils of Mahmud's prowess, Which spoils we share when we his praise indite.”
Abu al-Fath al-Busti (942–1010) said by 1010 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Chiamiamo poi ordini sacri il diaconato ed il presbiterato. Si legge infatti che la chiesa primitiva ebbe solo questi; soltanto in riferimento a questi abbiamo un comando dell'apostolo. (dal Sinodo di Benevento, 703)”
Papa Urbano II (1035–1099) said by 1099 at the latest wikiquote:it, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I before Thy greatness Stand, and am afraid:— All my secret thoughts Thine eye beholdeth Deep within my bosom laid.”
Solomon ibn Gabirol (1020–1070) said by 1070 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Donna di sensi magnanimi e virili, degna nipote di Arduino, da cui direttamente discendeva, aveva passato, dicesi, gran parte dell'adolescenza fra le armi, viste da vicino la guerra e le stragi, cinte essa pure armi e corazza, ed erasi sentita rinforzare gli spiriti alla speranza e all'ardire, e trasportare del tutto alle imprese e alle vittorie militari. (Gemma Giovannini)”
Adelaide di Susa (1020–1091) said by 1091 at the latest wikiquote:it, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“A detailed description of Suhaldev is found in Mirat-i-Masudi , a historical biography on Ghaznavid general Ghazi Saiyyad Salar Masud. The book was written in Persian by Abd-ur-Rahman Chishti in the 17th century. Chishti wrote the historical drama based on the book Tawarikh-i-Mahmudiwritten by Mulla Muhammad Ghaznavi, who belonged to the court of Sultan Mahmud of Ghazni.”
Suhaldev (995–1050) said by 1050 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Rawal M. S. & Rawal Y. S. (2019). Saffron swords. Garuda Prakashan.
“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.