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• “I am ready to die for my Lord, that in my blood the Church may obtain liberty and peace. But in the name of Almighty God, I forbid you to hurt my people whether clerk or lay.”

  Thomas Becket (1119–1171) said by 1171 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “This Yemen is a treasure house...We conquered it, but up to this day we have had no return and no advantage from it. There have only been innumerable expenses, the sending out of troops...and expectations which did not produce what was hoped for in the end.”

  Saladin (1138–1193) first seen 1181 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: Letter to al-‘Adil (c. 1181). Berlin 56. Lyons and Jackson (1982) ch. 11, p. 159

• “«Ahora, de nuevo estoy aquí. Las flores, parecen las de antes y la luna, es siempre la misma. Más, ¡qué distinto es lo que siento!».”

  Li Qingzhao (1084–1155) said by 1155 at the latest wikiquote:es, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Do you know what I benefitted from this world? Nothing And what I gained from the days of life? Nothing I am a candle of wisdom; but when extinguished, nothing I am the cup of Jamshid; but when broken nothing”

  Khaqani (1121–1199) said by 1199 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “«Todas las religiones son obras humanas y, en el fondo, equivalentes; se elige entre ellas por razones de conveniencia personal o de circunstancias».”

  Averroes (1126–1198) said by 1198 at the latest wikiquote:es, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Nullus diues nisi nummularius, nullus clericus nisi causidicus, nullus presbiter nisi, ut uerbo parum Latino utar, firmarius.”

  William of Malmesbury (1095–1143) said by 1143 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: Bk. 3, sec. 314 (tr. R. A. B. Mynors, R. M. Thomson and M. Winterbottom, 1998)

• “How I delight in this well-timed snow that buries the mountain path behind me as I enter intent on long seclusion”

  Saigyo (1118–1190) said by 1190 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: Gazing at the Moon: Buddhist Poems of Solitude (2021), McKinney, M.

• “On a plane surface describe a circle of any specified radius with a pair of compasses. Mark on its circumference 360 degrees. Draw the east-to-west and north-to-south lines through its center. These lines will divide the circle into quadrants, which should be taken into consideration in the leftwise manner (i.e. anti-clockwise).”

  Bhāskara II (1114–1185) first seen 1150 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: Bhaskara II (1150) . (Siddhantashiromani Grahaganita ii.19 vasanabhashya):अत्र समायां भमू ौ त्रिज््ययातुल््ययेन कर््क टके न वृत्तं कृ त््ववा भांशै ३६० अङ््कक््यम।् तन््मध््ययेपर््ववापरां याम््ययोत्तरां च रे खां कृ त््वव…

• “The production at this time of the Dialogue of the Exchequer, which a leading historian would characterize as “one of the most wonderful things of Henry’s wonderful reign,” further suggests that Henry’s innovative days were over, for only after an institution has settled down and begun to harden is it considered worthwhile to commit such a detailed description of it to writing.”

  Henry II of England (1133–1189) said by 1189 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Par le sornon connoist on l'ome.”

  Chrétien de Troyes (1135–1181) said by 1181 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “The more noble and powerful a creature is, the more willingly it submits to the truth. Indeed it is powerful and noble precisely because of its submission.”

  Guigo I (1083–1136) said by 1136 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “According to the Rajatarirgini of Kalhana, King Harsha of Kashmir plundered Hindu and Buddhist temples in his lust for the gold and silver which went into the making of idols. This fact is played up by the Marxist professors with great fanfare. But they never mention Kalhan’s comment that in doing what he did Harsha “acted like a Turushka (Muslim)” and was “prompted by the Turushkas in his employ.”

  Harsha of Kashmir (1050–1101) said by 1101 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: S.R. Goel, Some Historical Questions (Indian Express, April 16, 1989), quoted in Shourie, A., & Goel, S. R. (1990). Hindu temples: What happened to them.

• “Do not spend your life committing sinful deeds; It is good for you to practice holy Dharma.”

  Milarepa (1040–1135) said by 1135 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “To-day to love and rapture we have soared, To-day in Magian precincts wine adored, And rapt beyond ourselves we do abide, Within that tavern, ‘Am I not your Lord?’”

  Omar Khayyám (1048–1131) said by 1131 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Que force sormonte vertu. Bone est force et engins mius valt, Là vaut engins où force falt; Engins et ars font mainte cose Que force commenchier ne n'ose.”

  Wace (1100–1175) said by 1175 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Stick to your own grammar, my lord, for it is much better.”

  Richard I of England (1157–1199) said by 1199 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Diva potens nemorum terror silvestribus ac spes! Cui licet anfractus ire per ethereos, Infernasque domos terrestria iura resolve. Et dic quas terras nos habitare velis. Dic certam sedem qua te venerabor in euum. Qua tibi virgineis templa dicabo choris.”

  Geoffrey of Monmouth (1100–1155) said by 1155 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “«Oigo en la noche el caer de la lluvia sobre los bambúes... ¡Y en cada una de sus hojas hay diez mil celemines de tristeza!».”

  Zhu Shuzhen (died 1131) said by 1131 at the latest wikiquote:es, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Caraf trachas Lloegyr, lleudir goglet hediw, ac yn amgant y Lliw lliwas callet. Caraf am rotes rybuched met, myn y dyhaet my meith gwyrysset. Carafy theilu ae thew anhet yndi ac wrth uot y ri rwyfaw dyhet.”

  Hywel ab Owain Gwynedd (1150–1170) said by 1170 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: Gorhoffedd" (The Boast), line 3; translation from Robert Gurney Bardic Heritage (London: Chatto & Windus, 1969) p. 39.

• “Vulgo dicitur: Quod non videt oculus, cor non dolet.”

  Bernard of Clairvaux (1091–1153) said by 1153 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Also quoted by: Bernardus Claraevallensis (la)

• “Waft, gentle gale, oh waft to Samercand, When next thou visitest that blissful land, The plaint of Khorassania plung'd in woe: Bear to Turania's King our piteous scroll, Whose opening breathes forth all the anguish'd soul, And close denotes whate'er the tortur'd know.”

  Anvari (1116–1190) said by 1190 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: The Tears of Khorassan, translated by William Kirkpatrick, quoted in A Literary History of Persia, 1908

• “While mankind remains mere baggage in the world It will be swept along, as in a boat, asleep. What can they see in sleep? What real merit or punishment can there be?”

  Sanai (1080–1131) said by 1131 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: Enclosed Garden Of Truth (Hadiqat al-Haqiqa wa Shari'at al-Tariqa): translated by John Stephenson, 1910