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“秋の月たかねの雲のあなたにて晴れゆく空の暮るる待ちけり”
藤原忠通 (1097–1164) said by 1164 at the latest wikiquote:ja, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“あたら夜を伊勢の浜荻をりしきて妹恋しらに見つる月かな”
藤原基俊 (1060–1142) said by 1142 at the latest wikiquote:ja, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“かぞふればとせにけりあはれ我がしづみしことは昨日と思ふに”
徳大寺実定 (1139–1192) said by 1192 at the latest wikiquote:ja, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“God often works more by the life of the illiterate seeking the things that are God's, than by the ability of the learned seeking the things that are their own.”
Anselm of Canterbury (1033–1109) said by 1109 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Reported in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 123.
“神風や玉串の葉をとりかざしの宮に君をこそ祈れ”
俊恵 (1113–1191) said by 1191 at the latest wikiquote:ja, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“He knows nothing about crimes, or else he weighs them in unjust balances.”
William II of England (died 1100) said by 1100 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted in The Atlantic Monthly (September 1882), p. 407
“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
“Karafy gaer wennglaer o du gwennylan; myn yd gar gwyldec gweled gwylan yd garwny uyned, kenym cared yn rwy. Ry eitun ouwy y ar veingann y edrtch uy chwaer chwerthin egwan, y adrawt caru, can doeth yn rann.”
Hywel ab Owain Gwynedd (1150–1170) said by 1170 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Awdl V" (Ode 5), line 1; translation from Gwyn Williams (trans.) Welsh Poems, 6th Century to 1600 (London: Faber & Faber, 1973) p. 43.
“In a dream I saw the winds of spring scattering the cherry blossoms— and after I woke, the sound was still rustling in my breast.”
Saigyo (1118–1190) said by 1190 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Traditional Japanese Poetry: An Anthology (1991), Steven D. Carter
“Do not will anything which is not the will of Allah.”
Abdul Qadir Gilani (1078–1166) said by 1166 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“清夜无尘，月色如银。酒斟时须满十分。浮名浮利，虚苦劳神。叹隙中驹，石中火，梦中身。虽抱文章，开口谁亲？且陶陶乐尽天真。几时归去，作个闲人，对一张琴，一壶酒，一溪云。”
Su Shi (1037–1101) said by 1101 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Random Thoughts, to the Tune of Shinghsiangtse" (《行香子·述怀》), in Lin Yutang Chinese-English Bilingual Edition: Selected Poems and Prose of Su Tungpo, trans. Lin Yutang (Taipei: Cheng Chung Book, 2008), p. 145
“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
“Cum in omni fere litterarum studio dulce laboris lenimen et summum doloris solamen dum uiuitur insitum considerem, tum delectabilius et maioris praerogatiua claritatis historiarum splendorem amplectendum crediderim.”
Henry of Huntingdon (1080–1160) said by 1160 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Prologue (tr. Diana Greenway 1996, pp. 2-3
“What an individual pursues as a desirable end depends upon what he conceives himself to be.”
Ramanuja (1017–1137) said by 1137 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Attributed to Ramanuja in: (1979) Awakened India. Vol. 84, p. 206.
“From a bunch of lotuses, one third is offered to Lord Shiva, one fifth to Lord Vishnu, one sixth to the sun, one fourth to the goddess. The remaining six are offered to the Guru. Find quickly the number of lotuses in the bunch.”
Bhāskara II (1114–1185) said by 1185 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: quoted in : Bhaskar Kamble, The Imperishable Seed: How Hindu Mathematics Changed the World and why this History was Erased, Garuda Prakashan Private Limited, 2022 ISBN 9798885750189
“もろともにあはれと思へ山桜花よりほかに知る人もなし”
行尊 (1055–1135) said by 1135 at the latest wikiquote:ja, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Q4 May one believe only in God alone, or not?”
Peter Abelard (1079–1142) said by 1142 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“高砂のをのへの桜さきにけり外山の霞たたずもあらなん”
大江匡房 (1041–1111) said by 1111 at the latest wikiquote:ja, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“When they gather together as a single unit, and there is harmony among them — then He is their king, but not when there is dissention among them.”
Rashi (1040–1105) said by 1105 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“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
“思ひわびさても命はあるものを憂きにたへぬは涙なりけり”
藤原敦頼 (1090–1182) said by 1182 at the latest wikiquote:ja, 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.