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• “Mono no aware.”

  Murasaki Shikibu (970–1100) said by 1100 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “I establish a firm peace in all my kingdom, and I order that this peace shall henceforth be kept.”

  Henry I of England (1068–1135) first seen 1042 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: Coronation Charter (5 August 1100), quoted in English Historical Documents, Vol. II. 1042–1189, eds. David C. Douglas and George W. Greenaway (1953), p. 402

• “If it had not been for his malice, forcing me to return, I would have been able to recover the whole of Outremer. Then, when I was in prison he conspired to keep me there so that he could steal my lands.”

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

  Recorded in: Richard, on his betrayal by King Philip; quoted in John Gillingham, Richard I (1999), p. 319

• “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

• “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

• “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

• “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

• “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 is a victory opening the gates of men’s hearts.”

  Saladin (1138–1193) first seen 1174 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: Letter to al-‘Adil, after the Crusaders abandoned their position near Hama and drew back to Ḥiṣn al-Akrād (1174). Abū Shāma, ed. Aḥmad and Ziyāda, vol. 1 (1958) p. 614. Lyons and Jackson (1982) ch. 6, p. 89

• “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.

• “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

• “The bird that sings the song of pain is love The courier who knows the tongue of the Unseen is love The existence that call you to nonexistence is love And that which redeems you from you is love”

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

• “Philosophers do not claim that God does not know particulars; they rather claim that He does not know them the way humans do. God knows particulars as their Creator whereas humans know them as a privileged creations of God might know them.”

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

  Recorded in: Attributed to Averroes in Voices of Islam: Voices of change (2007) by Vincent J. Cornell, p. 35

• “How can even the lowest mind, if he reflects at all the marvels of this earth and sky, the brilliant fashioning of plants and animals, remain blind to the fact that this wonderful world with its settled order must have a maker to design, determine and direct it?”

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

  Recorded in: Tibawi, A.L. (ed. and tr.). (1965) Al-Risala al-Qudsiyya (The Jerusalem Epistle) “Al-Ghazali's Tract on Dogmatic Theology”. In: The Islamic Quarterly, 9:3–4 (1965), 3-4.

• “A ingratidão é um vento ardente que seca para si a fonte da bondade, o orvalho da misericórdia, os rios da graça.”

  Bernardo de Claraval (1091–1153) said by 1153 at the latest wikiquote:pt, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “The number of combinations for matra meters are stated [as follows]. The sum (योगः) of the last and last-but-one (अन््त्ययौपान््ततौ) terms is the number of meters possible for a given number of matras.”

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

• “Whoredom and bastardy are defects with regard to a female slave, but not with regard to a male ; because the object in the purchase of female slave, is cohabitation and the generation of children...”

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

  Recorded in: Hidayah (Muslim law book), Hamilton, II, 409. (Also quoted in Lal, K. S. (1994). Muslim slave system in medieval India. New Delhi: Aditya Prakashan. Ch. 11)

• “ὁ δὲ κατάπτυστος οὗτος πάπας (οὐδὲ γὰρ ἔχω τί ποτ᾿ ἂν ἄλλο τοῦτον ἐπονομάζειν τὴν ἀπάνθρωπον ἐκείνην ὕβριν ἐνθυμηθεῖσα τὴν εἰς τοὺς πρέσβεας) μετὰ πνευματικῆς χάριτος καὶ εὐαγγελικῆς εἰρήνης ἐπὶ τὸν πόλεμον ὁ δεσπότης ἐχώρει ὅλῃ γνώμῃ καὶ ὅλαις χερσὶ τὸν ἐμφύλιον, ὁ εἰρηνικὸς ταῦτα καὶ τοῦ εἰρηνικοῦ μαθητής.”

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

• “Let no drop of water make it to the sea without serving man.”

  Parakramabahu I (1123–1186) said by 1186 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Eu minha alma enviei para o espaço sem fim para um traço aprender nos destinos do além, minha alma devagar foi retornando a mim e me disse: eu sou o céu e o inferno também".”

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

• “For being transferred from the City to the Greeks, from the Greeks to the Franks, from the Franks to the Lombards, from the Lombards again to the German Franks, that empire not only became decrepit and senile through lapse of time, but also, like a once smooth pebble that has been rolled this way and that by the waters, contracted many a stain and developed many a defect.”

  Otto of Freising (1111–1158) said by 1158 at the latest wikiquote, 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

• “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