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“不得好說法教化，散心亂念從是而起。”
Keizan (1268–1325) said by 1325 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“God loves without limit and this puts a loving person most securely at peace.”
John Ruysbroeck (1293–1381) said by 1381 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“This Bible is for the Government of the People, by the People, and for the People.”
John Wycliffe (1320–1385) first seen 1384 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: General Prologue to the Bible translation of 1384, as paraphrased in Lincoln at Gettysburg : An Address (1906) by Clark Ezra Carr, p. 75;
“In Afzalul Favaid Nizimuddin Auliya has been cited as saying: “It would be the day of Resurrection (Qiamat) when women will ride horses or walk about in the streets... . Great harm would be done when women would get freedom’’.”
Nizamuddin Auliya (1238–1325) said by 1325 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Afzalul Favaid, Nizimuddin Auliya, 78 ff, quoted in K.S. Lal, Twilight of the Sultanate (1963) p. 270
“…It is said that the star-shaped Jaina Temple built in the Chalukya style at Bodhan in the 9th or 10th century was, also, transformed into a Mosque during the reign of Muhammad Tughlaq (AH 726-52/AD 1325-51).”
Muhammad bin Tughluq (1290–1351) said by 1351 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Bodhan (Maharashtra).Syed Mahmudul Hasan, Mosque Architecture of Pre-Mughal Bengal, Dacca (Bangladesh), 1979, p. 50
“[Slaves, for instance, made good soldiers but] “they are of one group and one mind and there can be no permanent security against their revolt.”
Ziauddin Barani (1285–1357) said by 1357 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Barani, Fatawa-i-Jahandari, pp.25-26. quoted from Lal, K. S. (1992). The legacy of Muslim rule in India. New Delhi: Aditya Prakashan. Chapter 4
“Ulugh Khan invaded Gujarat. He sacked the whole country. He pursued the Rai upto Somnath. He destroyed the temple of Somnath which was the principal place of worship for the Hindus and great Rais since ancient times. He constructed a mosque on the site and returned to Delhi.”
Ulugh Khan (1201–1315) said by 1315 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Somnath (Gujarat) . Tarikh-i-Mubarak Shahi, Translated from the Hindi version by S.A.A. Rizvi included in Khalji Kalina Bharata, Aligarh, 1955, p. 223. In Goel, S.R. Hindu Temples - What Happened to them
Also quoted by: Yahya bin Ahmad Sirhindi
“Sin is the key to misery.”
Makhdoom Sharfuddin Ahmed Yahya Maneri (1263–1381) said by 1381 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Whenever kingship approaches tyranny it is near its end, for by this it becomes ripe for division, change of dynasty, or total destruction, especially in a temperate climate … where men are habitually, morally and naturally free.”
Nicole Oresme (1320–1382) said by 1382 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“yi yi karu'm suy artsun yi rasini vichoarum thi mantar yihay lagamo dhahas partsun suy Parasivun tanthar.”
Lalleshwari (1320–1392) said by 1392 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“And thy traveyle shalt thou sone ende, For to thy long home sone shalt thou wende.”
Robert Mannyng (1275–1338) said by 1338 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Amur n'est pruz se n'est egals.”
Marie de France (1101–1300) said by 1300 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Firoz Tughlaq commanded his ‘fief-holders and officers to capture slaves whenever they were at war”. He had also instructed his Amils and Jagirdars to collect slave boys in place of revenue and tribute.”
Firuz Shah Tughlaq (1309–1388) said by 1388 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Shams Siraj Afif quoted in Lal, K. S. (1992). The legacy of Muslim rule in India. New Delhi: Aditya Prakashan. Chapter 4
“We come here with no peaceful intent, but ready for battle, determined to avenge our wrongs and set our country free. Let your masters come and attack us: we are ready to meet them beard to beard.”
William Wallace (1270–1305) first seen 1297 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Statement before the Battle of Stirling Bridge (11 September 1297), as quoted in History of Scotland (1841) by Patrick Fraser Tytler, p. 121
“There, where I was on foot with my knights, the king came, wounded, with all his battle, and with great sound and noise of trumpets and nakirs, and halted on a raised way; but never was so goodly a man at arms seen, for he topped all his people from the shoulders upward, and had a golden helm on his head, and a German sword in his hand.”
John of Joinville (1224–1318) said by 1318 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: p. 65 (Michelet 1882, p. 301)
“Within the bounds of the four seas, all men are brothers.”
Shi Nai'an (1290–1372) said by 1372 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Amor che ne la mente mi ragiona de la mia donna disiosamente... che lo 'ntelletto sovr'esse disvia.”
Dante Alighieri (1265–1321) said by 1321 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Gorau Cymro tro trylew Biau'r wlad, lin Bywer Lew, Gŵr meingryf, gorau mangre, A phiau'r llys; hoff yw'r lle.”
Iolo Goch (1320–1398) said by 1398 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Llys Owain Glyndŵr yn Sycharth" (Owain Glyndŵr's Court at Sycharth), line 91; translation from Carl Lofmark Bards and Heroes (Felinfach: Llanerch, 1989) p. 100.
“Amir Khusrau mentions some of the powers “of sorcery and enchantment possessed by the inhabitants of India. First of all they can bring a dead man to life. If a man has been bitten by a snake and is rendered speechless, they can resuscitate him even after six months.”
Amir Khusrow (1253–1325) said by 1325 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Amir Khusrau, Nuh Sipehr, Elliot and Dowson, III, p.563. quoted from Lal, K. S. (1992). The legacy of Muslim rule in India. New Delhi: Aditya Prakashan. Chapter 1
“Truth is something so noble that if God could turn aside from it, I could keep the truth and let God go.”
Meister Eckhart (1260–1328) said by 1328 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Meister Eckhart: A Modern Translation (1941) by Raymond Bernard Blakney, p. 240
“[Sayyid Ali Hamdani built his khanqah on the site of] ‘a small temple which was demolished... the credit of wiping out the vestiges of infidelity and heresy from the mirror of the conscience of the dwellers of these lands [goes to Sayyid Muhammad].”
Mir Sayyid Ali Hamadani (1314–1385) said by 1385 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Baharistan-i-shahi. Pundit KN (1991) A Chronicle of Medieval Kashmir, (Translation), Firma KLM Pvt Ltd, Calcutta, p. 35-7 , as quoted in Khan, M. A. (2011). Islamic Jihad: A legacy of forced conversion, imperialism and …
“Partitur autem totale opus ad honorem Sanctæ Trinitatis in tres libros. Nam sicut infirmanti corpori . . . . tria impertiri curamus: primo, syrupum ad præviam dispositionem; . . . . secundo, congruam medicinam quæ morbum expellat; . . . . tertio, ad conservandam sanitatem debitum vitæ regimen. . . . Sic conformiter continet liber primus dispositionem quasi syrupum, etc.”
Marino Sanuto the Elder (1260–1343) said by 1343 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Reported in Michelet (1882), vol. i, p. 408
“Leave undone whatever you hesitate to do.”
Yoshida Kenkō (1283–1350) said by 1350 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source