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• “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.

• “He who is mounted on pride does not know how to sit still.”

  Guigo II (1114–1193) said by 1193 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “There is a Witness in the world, but we are idle; There is a draught left in the cup, but we remain sober. Arise! Let us set to rest, with the water from our faces, The wind blowing from this deceitful heap of earth. Let's sally forth on a raid and let's destroy The marketplace where this black-faced soul thrives!”

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

• “The sum of 3 and 2 is five, which is the number of meters with 4 matras.”

  Hemachandra (1088–1172) said by 1172 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “By the Holy Face of Lucca.”

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

• “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

• “When the food is pure the Sattva element gets purified, the memory becomes unwavering.”

  Ramanuja (1017–1137) said by 1137 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: Ramanuja quotes from the ; Quoted in: (1913) Vedanta Philosophy: Lectures on Raja Yoga. p. 293.

• “Chantars no pot gaire valer, Si d'ins dal cor no mou lo chans! Ni chans no pot dal cor mover, Si no i es fin' amors coraus.”

  Bernart de Ventadorn (1140–1190) said by 1190 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: Chantars no pot gaire valer", line 1; translation from Alan R. Press Anthology of Troubadour Lyric Poetry (1971) p. 67.

• “On both sides the troops were commanded by royal princes and they massacred each other mercilessly.”

  Matthew of Edessa (1100–1144) first seen 1085 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: (June 1085/6) Elizabeth Hallam (ed.) Chronicles of the Crusades (1989) p. 44

• “For those who do not guard their morals, Prayers are but wishful thinking. For those who do not practice what they preach, Oratory is but faithless lying.”

  Milarepa (1040–1135) said by 1135 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

• “گردوں بہ رنج و درد مارا کشتہ بود اگر پیوند و عمر من نہ شدے نظم جان فضائے”

  Masud Sa'd Salman (1046–1121) said by 1121 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Nam et escae execrantur quae saepius sumuntur.”

  Cosmas of Prague (1045–1125) said by 1125 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: Chronica Boemorum, bk. 1, ch. 15 (tr. Lisa Wolverton, 2009)

• “Dum Magistri super pectus Fontem haurit intellectûs Et doctrinæ flumina, Fiunt, ipso situ loci, Verbo fides, auris voci, Mens Deo contermina. Unde mentis per excessus, Carnis, sensûs super gressus Errorumque nubila, Contra veri solis lumen Visum cordis et acumen Figit velut aquila.”

  Adam of Saint Victor (1122–1192) said by 1192 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: Verbi vere substantivi, sts. 2–3 (tr. Digby S. Wrangham, 1881)

• “O forgive! Thy sons live from Thee reft; Praised for grace, Turn thy face to those left, "Forgiven!”

  Yom Tov of Joigny (died 1190) said by 1190 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “O Eternal God, now may it please you to burn in love so that we become the limbs fashioned in the love you felt when you begot your Son at the first dawn before all creation. And consider this need which falls upon us, take it from us for the sake of your Son, and lead us to the joy of your salvation.”

  Hildegard of Bingen (1098–1179) said by 1179 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “[K]nowledge that is not Infallible is not certain knowledge.”

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

• “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

• “见有人来，袜铲金钗溜，和羞走。倚门回首，却把青梅嗅。”

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

  Recorded in: 《点绛唇》 ("Rouged Lips"), as translated by Xu Yuan Zhong in Song of the Immortals (New World Press, 1994), p. 227

• “Ergo domine...credimus te esse aliquid quo nihil maius cogitari possit.”

  Anselm of Canterbury (1033–1109) said by 1109 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: Proslogion, ch. 2; Gregory Schufreider Confessions of a Rational Mystic: Anselm's Early Writings (West Lafayette, Ind.: Purdue University Press, 1994) pp. 324-5.

• “The Asharites have expressed a very peculiar opinion, both with regard to reason and religion; about this problem they have explained it in a way in which religion has not, but have adopted quite an opposite method.”

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

• “Yet Ah, that Spring should vanish with the Rose!”

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

  Recorded in: XCVI (1889)

• “Bonum mihi, Domine, tribulari, dummodo ipse sis mecum, quam regnare sine te, epulari sine te, sine te gloriari.”

  Bernardus Claraevallensis (1091–1153) said by 1153 at the latest wikiquote:la, CC BY-SA 4.0 source