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“And I say that Your Highnesses ought not to consent that any foreigner does business or sets foot here, except Christian Catholics, since this was the end and the beginning of the enterprise, that it should be for the enhancement and glory of the Christian religion, nor should anyone who is not a good Christian come to these parts.”
Christopher Columbus (1451–1506) first seen 1492 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: 27 November 1492
“Who loves not woman, wine, and song / Remains a fool his whole life long.”
Martin Luther (1483–1546) said by 1546 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted by Anonymous, "On Luther's Love for and Knowledge of Music" in The Musical World. Vol VII, No. 83 (Oct 13, 1837).
“He who knows his own incapacity, knows something, after all.”
Marguerite de Navarre (1492–1549) said by 1549 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“一颗爱的心至少和一个美的脸庞有同等价值。”
米開朗基羅 (1475–1564) said by 1564 at the latest wikiquote:zh, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Les gens légers prennent légèrement les choses sérieuses et sérieusement les choses légères.”
Diane de Poitiers (1499–1566) said by 1566 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Heir entirs Flattery new landit owt of France”
David Lyndsay (1490–1555) said by 1555 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I am wholly decided and resolved to go in person to help my brother because his need is so great and the perils so extreme that it does not merely threaten him but places all Christendom at risk. I cannot and must not abandon him because of the office I hold and because of the obligations of fraternal friendship and also because he is such a good brother to me.”
Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor (1500–1558) first seen 1528 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: (Charles’ letter to his aunt Margaret, 23rd September 1529), Ch. 8. Champion of the Western World, 1528-31
“Cornelius Agrippa to the reader”
Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa (1486–1535) said by 1535 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“And above all things fashion thy life and conversation according to the doctrine of the holy ghost therein, that thou mayest be partaker of the good promises of God in the Bible, and be heir of his blessing in Christ.”
Myles Coverdale (1488–1569) said by 1569 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“To know the mighty works of God, to comprehend His wisdom and majesty and power; to appreciate, in degree, the wonderful workings of His laws, surely all this must be a pleasing and acceptable mode of worship to the Most High, to whom ignorance cannot be more grateful than knowledge.”
Nicolaus Copernicus (1473–1543) said by 1543 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in Poland : The Knight Among Nations (1907) by Louis E. Van Norman, p. 290; also in The Language of God (2006) by Francis Collins, pp. 230-31
“As to the text accordyng never a deill, Mair than langis to the cart the fift quheill.”
Gavin Douglas (1474–1522) said by 1522 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“There is in our souls some native seed of reason, which, if nourished by good counsel and training, flowers into virtue, but which, on the other hand, if unable to resist the vices surrounding it, is stifled and blighted.”
Étienne de La Boétie (1530–1563) said by 1563 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Men never do good unless necessity drives them to it; but when they are free to choose and can do just as they please, confusion and disorder become rampant.”
Niccolò Machiavelli (1469–1527) said by 1527 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Christ that doeth Good against evil is our Very Mother: we have our Being of Him where the Ground of Motherhood beginneth, — with all the sweet Keeping by Love, that endlessly followeth.”
Julian of Norwich (1342–1500) said by 1500 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“God despises the powerful and the mighty, the likes of Herod, Caiaphas, and Annas, and he accepts for his service the small, like Mary, Zechariah, and Elizabeth. For that is God's way of working , and down to the present day he does not act otherwise.”
Thomas Müntzer (1489–1525) first seen 1524 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Special Exposure of False Faith" (1524)
“[Rizqullah says that under Sikandar Lodi] one half of the country was assigned... to the Farmulis and the other half to other Afghan tribes.”
Sikandar Khan Lodi (1458–1517) said by 1517 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Waqiat-i-Mushtaqi, trs. in E and D., IV, p.547. quoted from Lal, K. S. (1990). Indian muslims: Who are they.
“By the aid of the vice-regal troops he pulled down the heathen temples in the neighbourhood of Goa, and appropriated their very considerable property for the use and benefit of the new College." (Page 89)”
Francis Xavier (1506–1552) said by 1552 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Theodor Griesinger-"The Jesuits; a complete history." translated from German into English by A. J. Smith. M. D. and was published in 1892 by W. H. Allen and Co. publishers to the India office London. quoted from Shradda…
“Il Re senza lettere era come un Asino coronato.”
Stefano Guazzo (1530–1593) said by 1593 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Translation reported in Harbottle's Dictionary of quotations French and Italian (1904), p. 320.
“The gentle minde by gentle deeds is knowne; For a man by nothing is so well bewrayed As by his manners.”
Edmund Spenser (1552–1599) said by 1599 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“[My soul] lingers for a pledge that this country shall not be abandoned to the Turk.”
Maharana Pratap (1540–1597) said by 1597 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted in Lal, K. S. (2001). Historical essays. New Delhi: Radha.(II.198)
“Certainly, I must confess my own barbarousness, I never heard the old song of Percy and Douglas that I found not my heart moved more than with a trumpet.”
Philip Sidney (1554–1586) said by 1586 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“「我冒犯了上帝和人類，因為我沒有做好我的工作。」”
李奧納多·達文西 (1452–1519) said by 1519 at the latest wikiquote:zh, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“As in the beginning, so now, and it will be for ever after, we come of a race who are very bad managers in youth, though we improve as we get older. I have cut down the cost of my falconers to 1200 florins, and I hope soon to be out of debt.”
William the Silent (1533–1584) said by 1584 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: William writing to his brother Louis, as quoted in William the Silent (1897) by Frederic Harrison, p. 10
“[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