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Said in the 1100s

• “Feror ego veluti sine nauta navis, ut per vias aeris vaga fertur avis, non me tenent vincula, non me tenet clavis, Quęro mihi similes, et adiungor pravis.”

  Archpoet (1130–1165) said by 1165 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “I Franchi (latikion) al servizio dell'Imperatore sono talmente numerosi che potrebbero assaltare le mura di Babilonia.”

  Anna Comnena (1083–1154) said by 1154 at the latest wikiquote:it, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “To the gate of the fair White City Comes the charcoal burner's wain; It brings no hart for abbot's board, It bears the royal slain.”

  William II of England (died 1100) said by 1100 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: George Walter Thornbury, "The Death of Rufus", Historical & Legendary Ballads & Songs (1876)

• “Bisogna certo trattare il corpo con una certa durezza, affinché non si ribelli o si faccia insolente, ma in modo tale da consentirgli di prestare il suo servizio, poiché è proprio per servire allo spirito che esso ci è stato dato.”

  Guglielmo di Saint-Thierry (1075–1148) said by 1148 at the latest wikiquote:it, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “What a sight! The air was full of the harsh sound of arrows thudding from bows, horses reared up in terror and the mountains reverberated with the din of battle.”

  Matthew of Edessa (1100–1144) said by 1144 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Q2 Does faith deal only with unseen things, or not?”

  Peter Abelard (1079–1142) said by 1142 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Earn wealth through honest and truthful work.”

  Basava (1134–1196) said by 1196 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “I pray to all accomplished beings; I pray you to extinguish the Five Poisonous Klesas.”

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

• “Ti ringrazio per la tua cortesia, sia nella critica sia nella lode del mio opuscolo. Poiché, infatti, hai celebrato con tanta lode le cose che ti sembravano degne di essere accolte, risulta chiaro che hai criticato quelle che ti sono parse deboli per benevolenza e non per malevolenza. (cap. X, p. 411)”

  Anselmo d'Aosta (1033–1109) said by 1109 at the latest wikiquote:it, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “After a momentary silence spake Some Vessel of a more ungainly Make; "They sneer at me for leaning all awry: What! did the Hand then of the Potter shake?”

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

  Recorded in: LXXXVI (1889)

• “The man who makes his religion a means to the gaining of this world, will lose both worlds alike; whereas the man who gives up this world for the sake of religion, will get both worlds alike.”

  Abu Hamid al-Ghazali (1056–1111) said by 1111 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: The Faith and Practice of Al-Ghazali, Allen & Unwin (1963), p. 152.

• “O venerable father Bernard, I lay my claim before you, for, highly honored by God, you bring fear to the immoral foolishness of this world and, in your intense zeal and burning love for the Son of God, gather men [cf. Luke 5.10] into Christ's army to fight under the banner of the cross against pagan savagery. I beseech you in the name of the Living God to give heed to my queries.”

  Hildegard of Bingen (1098–1179) first seen 1146 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: Letter to Bernard, Abbot of Clairvaux, 1146-47

• “Col trasporre ciò che è materiale in ciò che è immateriale, il fascino delle gemme multicolori mi ha indotto a riflettere sulla diversità delle virtù sacre.”

  Sugerio di Saint-Denis (1080–1151) said by 1151 at the latest wikiquote:it, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Non est jam dicere, "Ut populus, sic sacerdos"; quia nec si populus, ut sacerdos.”

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

  Recorded in: In Conversione S. Pauli, Sermon 1, sect. 3; translation by James Spedding, in The Works of Francis Bacon (1860) vol. 12, p. 134

  Also quoted by: Bernardus Claraevallensis (la)

• “The Law refines the behavior at the door, whereas Knowledge refines the behavior inside.”

  Abdul Qadir Gilani (1078–1166) said by 1166 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “[...] è cosa nota che la fama di molti predecessori è spesso causa di errori in molti successori.”

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

• “Lex donum Dei est, æquitatis forma, norma justitiæ, divinæ voluntatis imago, salutis custodia, unio et consolidatio populorum, regula officiorum, exclusio et exterminatio vitiorum, violentiæ et totius injuriæ pœna.”

  John of Salisbury (1110–1180) said by 1180 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “People take pride on the basis of wealth and are looked down on the basis of poverty.”

  Burhan al-Din al-Marghinani (1117–1197) said by 1197 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Perfino un atomo può considerarsi un qualcosa, mentre in realtà l'insieme di tutte le cose esistenti è niente rispetto alla Scienza Divina. (XLV, 50)”

  Ayn al-Qudat Hamadani (1098–1131) said by 1131 at the latest wikiquote:it, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “This Arthur is the hero of many wild tales among the Britons even in our own day, but assuredly deserves to be the object of reliable history rather than of false and dreaming fable.”

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

  Recorded in: Quoted in M. J. Cohen and John Major (eds.), History in Quotations (Cassell, 2004), p. 160

• “To a mind such as Henry’s Thomas’s preference for principle, even to the point of personal disloyalty, was incomprehensible. Within the black and white cavities of the king’s mind the idea was forming that Becket must have been carrying on a false front all these years in hopes of greater preferment, and that his present rejection of the secular office was an act of disloyalty and even treason.”

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

• “Il paradiso mi è stato aperto e una luce infuocata è venuta a pervadere il mio cervello... e immediatamente ho saputo il significato dell'esposizione delle Scritture.”

  Ildegarda di Bingen (1098–1179) said by 1179 at the latest wikiquote:it, CC BY-SA 4.0 source