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“プラトン—プロティノス—プレトン -- Demetrios Kabakes”
プロティノス (205–270) said by 270 at the latest wikiquote:ja, 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.
“He undertook to disparage my age when he himself had appointed his ten-year-old son.”
Elagabalus (203–222) said by 222 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Referring to the Emperor Macrinus and his declaration of his son Diadumenianus to be '"Caesar". The head of Diadumenianus was presented to Elagabalus as a trophy. As quoted in Dio's Roman History (1955), as translated b…
“Polycarp replied to Marcion, who met him on one occasion, and said, "Do you know me?" "I do know thee, first-born of Satan." Such was the horror of the apostles and their disciples had against holding even verbal communication with any corrupters of the truth.”
Irenaeus (130–202) said by 202 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Book 3, Chapter 3. From Readings in World Christian History (2013), pp. 58-99.
“All possessions are by nature unrighteous when a man possesses them for personal advantage as being entirely his own, and does not bring them into the common stock for those in need.”
Clement of Alexandria (150–215) said by 215 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“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
“There is One Holy Spirit, having His subsistence from God, and being made manifest by the Son, to wit to men: Image of the Son, Perfect Image of the Perfect; Life, the Cause of the living; Holy Fount; Sanctity, the Supplier, or Leader, of Sanctification; in whom is manifested God the Father, who is above all and in all, and God the Son, who is through all.”
Gregory Thaumaturgus (213–270) said by 270 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Nemo repente fuit turpissimus.”
Juvenal (55–200) said by 200 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“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
“Inscribe on your heart Every inch of the time at sunset.”
Ruan Ji (210–263) said by 263 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Inscribe on Your Heart", translated by Jerome Ch'ên and Michael Bullock in Poems of Solitude (1960)
“But everything which is against nature deserves to be branded as monstrous among all men; but with us it is to be condemned also as sacrilege against God, the Lord and Creator of nature.”
Tertullian (160–240) said by 240 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Contentment with poverty is Fortune's best gift: Riches and Honour are the handmaids of Disaster.”
Fu Xuan (217–278) said by 278 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: A Gentle Wind" (tr. Arthur Waley, 1922)
“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
“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
“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
“護衛たちを護衛するのは誰か？”
ユウェナリス (55–200) said by 200 at the latest wikiquote:ja, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“[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
“Every investigation which is guided by principles of Nature fixes its ultimate aim entirely on gratifying the stomach.”
Athenaeus (170–223) said by 223 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: VII, 11. Compare: "I look upon it, that he who does not mind his belly will hardly mind anything else", Samuel Johnson, in Life of Johnson (Boswell). 29 Vol. ii. Chap. ix. 1763.
Also quoted by: Tertullian
“「寧我負人，毋人負我！」”
Cao Cao (155–220) said by 220 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Honest things always love the public light; wicked deeds are secret.”
Marcus Minucius Felix (200–260) said by 260 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted by Pope Benedict XIV in the papal bull Providas Romanorum, published on 18 March 1751.
“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