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“Part 1: On Will (Chapters I - IV)”
Bem Cavalgar (1391–1438) said by 1438 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“In Fortunam Inveni portum spes et fortuna valete Nil mini vobiscum ludite nunc alios.”
Janus Pannonius (1434–1472) said by 1472 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Inscription on the tomb of Francesco Pucci in the church of St. Onuphrius (St. Onofrio), Rome. Translation by Burton, , Part II, Section III. Memb. 6. Quoted by him as a saying of Prudentius. Attributed to Janus Pannoni…
“哈！你成功在你的判詞上寫下種種對我不利的字眼,但你絕不會寫出對我有利的字眼!”
聖女貞德 (1412–1431) said by 1431 at the latest wikiquote:zh, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I am a -living shadow and Thou the Truth... Therefore, my God, Thou art alike shadow and Truth; Thou art alike the image and the Exemplar of myself and all men.”
Nicholas of Cusa (1401–1464) said by 1464 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Era muy inclinada á facer justicia, tanto que le era imputado seguir mas la via de rigor que de la piedad; y esto facia por remediar á la gran corrupcion de crímines que falló en el Reyno quando subcedió en él.”
Hernando del Pulgar (1436–1492) said by 1492 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Reyes Católicos, p. 37. Spanish reported, untranslated, in W. H. Prescott, History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella, the Catholic, of Spain, 3rd ed. (1841) vol. 1, ch. 6, note 9
“The wise man refuses to be led beyond his own depth.”
Jami (1414–1492) said by 1492 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Passionis prælo in torculari.”
Gabriel Biel (1418–1495) said by 1495 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The intellect is prompted by nature to comprehend the whole breadth of being. ... Under the concept of truth it knows all, and under the concept of the good it desires all.”
Marsilio Ficino (1433–1499) said by 1499 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“But all thing which that shineth as the gold Ne is no gold, as I have herd it told.”
Geoffrey Chaucer (1343–1400) said by 1400 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Réveiller le chat qui dort.”
Charles, Duke of Orléans (1394–1465) said by 1465 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It was out of his devotion to the religion of the Turushkas, not out of antipathy towards the twice-born, that he oppressed the Brahmanas; and hence his victims did not much complain. This was what Suhabhatta told them inorder to remove the impression which his actions created that he had antipathy towards the Brahmanas.”
Jonaraja (died 1459) said by 1459 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Considerés que c'est de pueple, quant il s'esmuet et esliève et il a puissance contre son seigneur, et par especial en Angleterre. Là n'y a-il nul remède, car c'est le plus périlleus poeuple commun qui soit au monde et le plus oultrageux et orgueilleux. Et de tous ceulx d'Angleterre Londriens sont chiefs.”
Jean Froissart (1337–1410) said by 1410 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The Hindus and Turks live close together. Each makes fun of the other’s religion. (dhamme) (...) The Turks coerce passers-by into doing forced labour. Grabbing hold of a Brahmin boy, they put a cow’s vagina on his head. They rub out his tilak and break his sacred thread. (...) They destroy temples and construct mosques.”
Vidyapati (1352–1448) said by 1448 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Akis ditut narma ta khasay, Akis jandah palas nay, Akis ditut barni-nyasay, Akis tsur ay doran Lhasay.”
Nund Rishi (1378–1439) said by 1439 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Indian Antiquary, November 1933, p. 216
“O sancta simplicitas!”
Jan Hus (1370–1415) said by 1415 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted in The Routledge Dictionary of Latin Quotations (2005) by Jon R. Stone, p. 188
“One life is all we have, and we live it as we believe in living it, and then it's gone. But to surrender what you are, and live without belief - that's more terrible than dying - more terrible than dying young.”
Joan of Arc (1412–1431) said by 1431 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quote is often seen as attributed to Joan of Arc. However, the quote is actually a line from a script for the 1946 Broadway play entitled Joan of Lorraine by Maxwell Anderson which later become a movie in 1948 entitled …
“聞人之謗當自修，聞人之譽當自懼。”
胡居仁 (1434–1484) said by 1484 at the latest wikiquote:zh, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I your own in every humble wise have me ventured to make this little simple book which I recommend and submit to your noble and wise correction, ...”
Edward, 2nd Duke of York (1373–1415) said by 1415 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The beauté faye upon her face Non erthly thing it may desface.”
John Gower (1330–1408) first seen 1321 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Bk. 4, line 1321
“Woe, woe to those, whoever they may be, who hinder the cause of the crusade!”
Pope Callixtus III (1379–1458) first seen 1457 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Brief to Cardinal Alain (16 February 1457), quoted in Ludwig Pastor, The History of the Popes from the Close of the Middle Ages, Volume II (1891), p. 380
“As for the rational mind, it, too, should die to itself and live to God; Not looking for its own rights, Nor for promotion, Nor any of the prizes of this world. And let it not be turned back on itself, But totally turned to God.”
Denis the Carthusian (1402–1471) said by 1471 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Denis the Carthusian, Gifts of the Holy Spirit, trans. Ide M. Ni Riain (Dublin: The Columba Press, 2013), 61-62.
“靑山若不曾緘黙，千古興亡問可知。”
於宇同 (1430–1480) said by 1480 at the latest wikiquote:zh, CC BY-SA 4.0 source