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“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
“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
“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.
“Nobility is the one only virtue.”
Juvenal (55–200) said by 200 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Inquiry shall likewise be made about the professions and trades of those who are brought to be admitted to the faith. If a man is a pander, he must desist or be rejected.”
Hippolytus of Rome (170–235) said by 235 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“As a square number is known to be the product of a number multiplied by itself, so every polygonal number, multiplied by one number and added to another, both of which depend upon the number of its angles, produces a square number. I shall prove this, and shall show also how from a given side to find its polygon and conversely. Some auxiliary propositions must first be proved.”
Diophantus (200–284) said by 284 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted by James Gow, A Short History of Greek Mathematics (1884)
“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)
“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
“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
“[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
“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.
“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)
“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
“「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
“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
“In the first place, how arrogantly do the Marcionites build up their stupid system, bringing forward a new god, as if we were ashamed of the old one! So schoolboys are proud of their new shoes, but their old master beats their strutting vanity out of them.”
Tertullian (160–240) said by 240 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“If, for instance, a man had a godless father or son or brother, who became a hindrance to his faith and an obstacle to the life above, let him not live in fellowship or agreement with him, but let him dissolve the fleshly relationship on account of the spiritual antagonism.”
Clement of Alexandria (150–215) said by 215 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
“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 was] delighted to be called the mistress, the wife, the Queen of Hierocles.”
Elagabalus (203–222) said by 222 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Harry Benjamin in The Transsexual Phenomenon (1966)