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Said in the 1500s
“It is needless to ask of a saint the caste to which he belongs; For the priest, the warrior. the tradesman, and all the thirty-six castes, alike are seeking for God. It is but folly to ask what the caste of a saint may be; The barber has sought God, the washerwoman, and the carpenter — Even Raidas was a seeker after God.”
Kabir (1398–1518) said by 1518 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“This hath not offended the king.”
Thomas More (1478–1535) said by 1535 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Quem não castiga o mal, ordena que ele se faça.”
Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519) said by 1519 at the latest wikiquote:pt, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“eat, drink and be merry”
William Tyndale (1494–1536) said by 1536 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Also quoted by: English proverb (english)
“Saying is one thing and doing is another.”
Michel de Montaigne (1533–1592) said by 1592 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Giace l'alta Cartago; appena i segni Dell'alte sue ruine il lido serba. Muojono le città, muojono i regni; Copre i fasti e le pompe arena ed erba; E l'uomo d'esser mortal par che si sdegni: O nostra mente cupida e superba!”
Torquato Tasso (1544–1595) said by 1595 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“God save the King!”
William the Silent (1533–1584) said by 1584 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Statement in Antwerp, as quoted in William the Silent (1897) by Frederic Harrison, p. 34
“O noble Chaucer, whos pullisshyd eloquence Oure Englysshe rude so fresshely hath set out, That bounde ar we with all deu reverence, With all our strength that we can brynge about, To owe to yow our servyce, and more if we mowte! But what sholde I say? Ye wote what I entende, Whiche glad am to please and loth to offende”
John Skelton (1460–1529) said by 1529 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Lines 421–427, quoted in The Complete English Poems of John Skelton: Revised Edition, ed. John Scattergood (2015), p. 284
“Ane Bow that is ay bent Worthis unsmart, and dullis on the string; Sa dois the mynd that is ay diligent, In ernistfull thochtis, and in studying.”
Robert Henryson (1425–1506) said by 1506 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The little white dove Has returned to the ark with the bough; And now the turtle-dove Its desired mate On the green banks has found. ~ 34”
John of the Cross (1542–1591) said by 1591 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“There is no Hindu, nor any Mussalman.”
Guru Nanak (1469–1539) first seen 1469 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: This was his first statement after his enlightenment as quoted in Journal of Sikh Studies, Vol. 7, 1-2 (February - August 1980), p. 39; also in "Guru Nanak Dev ji (1469 - 1539)
“God, our Father, has given us the life and the art of healing to protect and maintain it.”
Paracelsus (1493–1541) said by 1541 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“What indeed is more beautiful than heaven, which of course contains all things of beauty.”
Nicolaus Copernicus (1473–1543) said by 1543 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Introduction to Book 1, as quoted/translated by Edward Rosen, Nicholas Copernicus on the Revolutions (1978) ed. Jerzy Dobrzycki, Edward Rosen.
“For all that Nature by her mother-wit Could frame in earth.”
Edmund Spenser (1552–1599) said by 1599 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Emperor Charles: “[Our policy] has always been to deal first with matters which are easiest to resolve and leave the most difficult ones until last.”
Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor (1500–1558) first seen 1526 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: (1526), Portrait of the Emperor as a Renaissance Prince
“When we hear any mention of our mystical union with Christ, we should remember that holiness is the channel to do it.”
John Calvin (1509–1564) said by 1564 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I count religion but a childish toy, And hold there is no sin but ignorance.”
Christopher Marlowe (1564–1593) said by 1593 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Che poco grato e 'l don chi tardi viene.”
Francesco Berni (1497–1535) said by 1535 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Hindustan is a country which has few pleasures to recommend it.... Indians have no idea of the charms of friendly society, of frankly mixing together, or of familiar intercourse.... They have no horses, no good grapes, or musk melons, no good fruits, no ice or cold water, no good food or bread in their bazaars, no bath or colleges, no candles, no torches, not a candle stick”
Babur (1483–1531) said by 1531 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Quem poderá do mal aparelhado”
Luís Vaz de Camões (1524–1580) said by 1580 at the latest wikiquote:pt, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The Devil was sick, — the Devil a monk would be; The Devil was well, — the devil a monk was he.”
François Rabelais (1494–1553) said by 1553 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Also quoted by: Francis Rabelais
“[I wish]to engrave and distribute [the prints] for the benefit and knowledge and use of painters and sculptors and other knowledge-able persons.”
Titian (1490–1576) first seen 1450 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: official document, 1567; as quoted by Bruce Kohl in Titian and Venetian Painting, 1450-1590; publishers Westview Press, 1999, p. 117
“As leis da consciência, que se afirma terem vindo da natureza, vêm, na verdade, do costume.”
Michel de Montaigne (1533–1592) said by 1592 at the latest wikiquote:pt, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Cornelius Agrippa to the reader”
Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa (1486–1535) said by 1535 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source