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Said in the 1100s

• “Odtąd się w Polsce naszej źle dzieje, W kraju chce władać najlichszy. Syn króla, Zbigniew, bezprawia sieje, I przeciw ojcu wciąż wichrzy. Węgrzy panują w murach Krakowa, Rusin w granice się wdziera… W kraju wre smutna walka domowa, Wśród której Herman umiera.”

  Władysław I Herman (1043–1102) said by 1102 at the latest wikiquote:pl, 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)

• “Ponieważ przez Maryję grzesznicy otrzymali Odkupiciela, przeto głoszenie chwały Maryi pociąga grzeszników do nawrócenia i do pracy nad zbawieniem.”

  Anzelm z Canterbury (1033–1109) said by 1109 at the latest wikiquote:pl, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Meum est propositum in taberna mori, ut sint vina proxima morientis ori.”

  Archpoet (1130–1165) said by 1165 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

• “Sprzedałbym nawet Londyn, gdybym tylko znalazł kupca.”

  Ryszard I Lwie Serce (1157–1199) first seen 1190 wikiquote:pl, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: Opis: poszukując funduszy na sfinansowanie wyprawy krzyżowej w 1190.

• “The sum of 13 and 8 is twenty-one, which is the number of meters with 7 matras.”

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

• “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

• “Światło, które dostrzegam… jest dużo jaśniejsze od chmury noszącej w sobie słońce. …Gdy podziwiam widowisko, jakim jest owo światło, wszelki smutek i żal znikają z mej pamięci.”

  Hildegarda z Bingen (1098–1179) said by 1179 at the latest wikiquote:pl, 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

• “Odznaczał się wielkimi przymiotami umysłu, walecznością i sprawiedliwością tak przykładną, że nazwano go Sprawiedliwym.”

  Kazimierz II Sprawiedliwy (1138–1194) said by 1194 at the latest wikiquote:pl, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Thy way of thinking is indeed pleasing to the Creator, but not thy way of acting”

  Judah Halevi (1075–1141) said by 1141 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “In a brahmin house where they feed the fire as a god when the fire goes wild and burns the house they splash on it the water of the gutter and the dust of the street, beat their breasts and call the crowd. These men then forget their worship and scold their fire, O lord of the meeting rivers!”

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

• “Ale kto może dotrzymać wszystkiego, co przyrzeka?”

  Wilhelm II Rudy (died 1100) said by 1100 at the latest wikiquote:pl, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: Źródło: André Maurois, Dzieje Anglii, tłum. Wacław Rogowicz, wyd. Książka i Wiedza, Warszawa 1957, s. 87.

• “Książę miał krzywe i nieproste usta lub też wargi niezbyt właściwe.”

  Bolesław III Krzywousty (1086–1138) said by 1138 at the latest wikiquote:pl, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Up from Earth's Centre through the Seventh Gate rose, and on the Throne of Saturn sate; And many a Knot unravel'd by the Road; But not the Master-knot of Human Fate.”

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

  Recorded in: XXXI (1889)

• “Love seems to be the satisfaction of a person's heart towards something, because of something: it presents itself as desire in the search, and happiness in the satisfaction of possession; it appears as a race, as far as desire is concerned, and as rest, as far as the joy of possession is concerned.”

  Hugh of Saint Victor (1096–1141) said by 1141 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Chleba bochenek tam i flasza wina,Z wierszami książka, cienia odrobinaI Ty – i śpiew Twój przy mnie na pustkowiu,A rajem dla mnie ta pusta kraina.”

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

• “Bien pert que c'est aprés mangier, Fet Kex, qui teire ne se pot Plus a paroles an plain pot De vin qu'an un mui de cervoise.”

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

• “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

• “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.

• “Even a person free of passion would be moved to sadness: autumn evening in a marsh where snipes fly up.”

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

  Recorded in: Saigyo: Poems of a Mountain Home, 1991, Watson, Burton, New York: Columbia University Press, p. 81

• “Potem dobywa nagiego i przetrzymawszy chwilkę w dłoni wkłada z powrotem do pochwy. Wiedzcie, że pięknie mu z mieczem u boku, a jeszcze piękniej – z mieczem w dłoni.”

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