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• “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

• “It was a saying of Demetrius Phalereus, that "Men having often abandoned what was visible for the sake of what was uncertain, have not got what they expected, and have lost what they had,—being unfortunate by an enigmatical sort of calamity.”

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

  Also quoted by: Tertullian

• “[5 February] Memorial of Saint Agatha, virgin and martyr, who, while still young, preserved the purity of her body and the integrity of her faith during the persecution in Catania, Sicily, offering her testimony for Christ the Lord.”

  Agatha of Sicily (235–261) said by 261 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Salus extra ecclesiam non est.”

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

• “「吾任天下之智力，以道御之，無所不可．」”

  Cao Cao (155–220) said by 220 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “I am emperor. It is I who know what is best for Rome. Not you traitors. Now, let go of my horses!”

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

  Recorded in: Statement as he prepared to flee a camp after angry exchanges and insults with his Praetorian Guard; as quoted in The Gigantic Book of Horse Wisdom (2007) by Thomas Meagher, p. 298

• “Be harmonious, enrich the soldiers, scorn everybody else.”

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

• “The business of the Christian is nothing else than to be ever preparing for death”

  Irenaeus (130–202) said by 202 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “If a catechumen or a believer seeks to become a soldier, they must be rejected, for they have despised God.”

  Hippolytus of Rome (170–235) said by 235 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Ignorance plays the chief part among men, and the multitude of words; but opportunity will prevail.”

  Tertullian (160–240) said by 240 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source

• “Vos scelera admissa punitis, apud nos et cogitare peccare est; vos conscios timetis, nos etiam conscientiam solam.”

  Marcus Minucius Felix (200–260) said by 260 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Since the second Adam has brought up the first Adam out of the deeps of Hades... and has set forth him who was deceived as a citizen of heaven to the shame of the deceiver, the gates of Hades have been shut, and the gates of heaven have been opened, so as to offer an unimpeded entrance to those who rise there in faith.”

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

• “The sayings ... which are of importance for the whole end of salvation, and are enveloped in a wonderful and super-celestial depth of thought, should not be taken as they strike the careless ear, but with an effort of mind to reach the very spirit of the Saviour.”

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

• “Demande un esprit sain dans un corps vigoureux.”

  Juvénal (55–200) said by 200 at the latest wikiquote:fr, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “If you desire ease, forsake learning. If you desire learning, forsake ease.How can the man at his ease acquire knowledge, And how can the earnest student enjoy ease?”

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

• “Multi committunt eadem diverso crimina fato: Ille crucem sceleris pretium tulit, hic diadema.”

  Juvenal (55–200) said by 200 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Que dire de ces belles cavernes, de ces sources que fréquentent les femelles des centaures, semblables à des Naiades si nous oublions leur nature chevaline, rappelant à certains égards les Amazones : c'est le cheval uni à la femme, c'est la force s'ajoutant à la délicatesse des formes.”

  Philostrate de Lemnos (190–230) said by 230 at the latest wikiquote:fr, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Quod principi placuit legis habet vigorem.”

  Ulpian (170–228) said by 228 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

• “His love is distant as the stars in Heaven, Yet the sunflower bends toward the sun.”

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

  Recorded in: Woman" (tr. Arthur Waley, 1922)

• “Les croyants « voient qu’en Jésus la nature divine et la nature humaine ont commencés de s’entrelacer, afin que par sa communion avec ce qui est plus divin, la nature humaine devienne divine, non dans Jésus seul, mais encore en tout ceux qui, avec la foi, adoptent le genre de vie que Jésus a enseigné. »”

  Origène (184–254) said by 254 at the latest wikiquote:fr, CC BY-SA 4.0 source