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• “親賢臣 遠小人 此先漢所以興隆也. 親小人 遠賢臣 此後漢所以傾頹也。先帝在時 每與臣論此事 未嘗不歎息痛恨於桓靈也。”

  Zhuge Liang (181–234) said by 234 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Ἐπιδειξαμένου γὰρ αὐτῷ τοῦ Μυρρινουσίου Φαίδρου λόγον ὑπὸ Λυσίου τοῦ Κεφάλου συγγεγραμμένον ἐρωτικόν, οὐκ ἔφη θαυμάζειν, πλῆρες τὸ στῆθος ἔχων ὥσπερ ἀγγεῖον ἀλλοτρίων ναμάτων, ἤ που Σαπφοῦς τῆς καλῆς (οὕτω γὰρ αὐτὴν ὀνομάζων χαίρει διὰ τὴν ὥραν τῶν μελῶν, καίτοι μικρὰν οὖσαν καὶ μέλαιναν), ἢ Ἀνακρέοντος, φησίν, τοῦ σοφοῦ.”

  Maximus of Tyre (200–200) said by 200 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: Dissertations, no. 8 (18), sec. 7 (ed. William H. Race, 1997; tr. Thomas Taylor, 1804). Compare: Swinburne, "On the Cliffs", Songs of the Springtides (1880). For the French "une petite brunette", see Antoine Furetière (…

• “My name is Chariton, son of Aphrodisias, and I am clerk to the attorney Athenagoras. I am going to tell you the story of a love affair that took place in Syracuse.”

  Chariton (100–200) said by 200 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “The purified righteous man has become a coin of the Lord, and has the impress of his King stamped upon him.”

  Clement of Alexandria (150–215) said by 215 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: Reported in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 104.

• “Ἀρχόμενος γαῖάν τε καὶ εὐρέα πόντον ἀείδειν καὶ ποταμοὺς πόλιάς τε καὶ ἀνδρῶν ἄκριτα φῦλα, μνήσομαι Ὠκεανοῖο βαθυρρόου. ἐν γὰρ ἐκείνῳ πᾶσα χθών, ἅτε νῆσος ἀπείριτος, ἐστεφάνωται, οὐ μὲν πᾶσα διαπρὸ περίδρομος, ἀλλὰ διαμφὶς ὀξυτέρη βεβαυῖα πρὸς ἠελίοιο κελεύθους, σφενδόνῃ εἰοικυῖα· μίαν δέ ἑ καίπερ ἐοῦσαν ἄνθρωποι τρισσῇσιν ἐπ᾿ ἠπείροισι δάσαντο· πρώτην μὲν Λιβύην, μετὰ δ᾿ Εὐρώπην Ἀσίην τε.”

  Dionysius Periegetes (100–200) said by 200 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: Lines 1–9, translated by J. L. Lightfoot, Description of the Known World (Oxford, 2014) p. 201

• “Let none escape utter destruction At our hands. Yea, whatso is found in the womb of the mother, Child unborn though it be, let it not escape utter destruction!”

  Septimius Severus (146–211) said by 211 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “I am as familiar with the paths of heaven as with the streets of Nehardea, with the exception of the comet, about which I am ignorant.”

  Samuel of Nehardea (160–257) said by 257 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Pleasure and distress, fear and courage, desire and aversion, where have these affections and experiences their seat? Clearly, either in the Soul alone, or in the Soul as employing the body, or in some third entity deriving from both. And for this third entity, again, there are two possible modes: it might be either a blend or a distinct form due to the blending.”

  Plotinus (205–270) said by 270 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “ὅτι δέ εἰσι φιλῳδοί, τοῦτο μὲν ἤδη καὶ τεθρύληται. ἐγὼ δὲ ᾄδοντος κύκνου οὐκ ἤκουσα, ἴσως δὲ οὐδὲ ἄλλος· πεπίστευται ⟨δ᾿⟩ οὖν ὅτι ᾄδει. καὶ λέγουσί γε αὐτὸν μάλιστα ⟨κατ᾿⟩ ἐκεῖνον εἶναι τὸν χρόνον εὐφωνότατόν τε καὶ ᾠδικώτατον, ὅταν ᾖ περὶ τὴν καταστροφὴν τοῦ βίου. διαβαίνουσι δὲ καὶ πέλαγος, καὶ πέτονται [καὶ] κατὰ θαλάσσης, καὶ αὐτοῖς οὐ κάμνει τὸ πτερόν.”

  Claudius Aelianus (died 235) said by 235 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: I.14 (tr. Thomas Stanley, 1665)

• “Since we have Christ as our Advocate with the Father for our sins, when we pray on account of our faults, we use the very words of our Advocate.”

  Cyprian (200–258) said by 258 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “大丈夫當陳前死，而入牆閒，豈可得活乎？”

  Yuan Shao (154–202) said by 202 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “For it would be unbecoming, says Aristotle, to come to banquet covered in sweat and dust; for the true gentleman should neither be dirty nor be unwashed nor [Rejoice in mire], as Heraclitus says.”

  Athenaeus (170–223) said by 223 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Perhaps the topic [of this book] will appear fairly difficult to you because it is not yet familiar knowledge and the understanding of beginners is easily confused by mistakes; but with your inspiration and my teaching it will be easy for you to master, because clear intelligence supported by good lessons is a fast route to knowledge.”

  Diophantus (200–284) said by 284 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: Following the dedication to Dionysus as quoted by Paul Drijvers, Secondary Algebra Education (2011)

• “Herein also you ought to recognise the Paraclete in His character of Comforter, in that He excuses your infirmity from (the stringency of) an absolute continence.”

  Tertullian (160–240) said by 240 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “I, without grasping will pass beyond sorrow, And I will attain nirvāṇa," one says. Whoever grasps like this Has great grasping.”

  Nagarjuna (150–250) said by 250 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “For our part, may the god grant us proper detachment in depicting the story of others.”

  Longus (200–200) said by 200 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: Daphnis and Chloe, Proem, § 4 (tr. Jeffrey Henderson); cp. Paul Turner (1956): "But as for me, I hope that the god will allow me to write of other people's experiences, while retianing my own sanity.

• “Drink to me with your eyes alone…. And if you will, take the cup to your lips and fill it with kisses, and give it so to me.”

  Philostratus (170–250) said by 250 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: XXIV. Quoted in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 801-03.

• “Leave my mother alone!”

  Elagabalus (203–222) said by 222 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: Last words, as reported in The Book of Ancient Bastards: 101 of the Worst Miscreants and Misdeeds from Ancient Sumer to the Enlightenment (2011) by Brian Thornton, p. 134; his mother was also murdered, their bodies behe…

• “Αγαθό είναι εκείνο από το οποία εξαρτώνται τα πάντα, αλλά το οποίο δεν εξαρτάται από τίποτε.”

  Πλωτίνος (205–270) said by 270 at the latest wikiquote:el, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “How sad it is to be a woman! Nothing on earth is held so cheap.”

  Fu Xuan (217–278) said by 278 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Since the hour when Christ despoiled Hades, men have danced in triumph over death.”

  Gregory Thaumaturgus (213–270) said by 270 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source