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• “Do not judge your fellow man until you have come into his situation.”

  Hillel the Younger (1000–300) said by 300 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Cum nos cauti vel (ut verius dixerim) timidi, nihil exaggeremus, praeter ea quae fidei testimonia neque incerta monstrarunt.”

  Ammianus Marcellinus (330–395) said by 395 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “There was an elder called Abba Pambo, and of him it was said that for three years he interceded with God saying: “Do not glorify me on earth”— and God so glorified him that nobody could stare him in the face on account of the glory his face possessed.”

  Pambo (350–375) said by 375 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “ἐν τούτῳ νίκα, [transliterated: en toutoi nika]”

  Constantine the Great (272–337) said by 337 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “While the saving message spread day by day, some providence brought from Ethiopia an officer of the queen, for that nation is still traditionally ruled by a woman.”

  Eusebius of Caesarea (265–340) said by 340 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Abba Macarius said to Abba Zachariah: “Tell me, what is the task of the monk?” “You are asking me, father?” he said, and Abba Macarius said: “I have full confidence in you, Zachariah my son, for there is somebody inciting me to ask you.” Abba Zachariah said to him: “In my opinion, to constrain oneself in all things: that is being the monk.”

  Zachariah the Recluse (301–399) said by 399 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “To distribute money belongs to the imperial dignity, but I offer up for the imperial dignity itself personal service to the Giver.”

  Aelia Flaccilla (356–386) said by 386 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Of Alexandria, the writer of the story of Leucippe and Cleitophon and other love stories in eight books. He became at last a Christian and a bishop. He wrote On the [Heavenly] Sphere, Etymologies, and Historical Miscellany, which mentions many great and admirable men. His style in all of these works is similar to [his style in] the love stories.”

  Achilles Tatius (200–300) said by 300 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Ecce furens post bella deus, post proelia victor victus amore venit.”

  Reposianus (250–350) said by 350 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “If the Father begat the Son, he that was begotten had a beginning of existence: and from this it is evident, that there was a time when the Son was not. It therefore necessarily follows, that he had his substance from nothing.”

  Arius (250–336) said by 336 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “(To the governor who asked for her hand in marriage) Can you expect me to renounce heaven and choose instead the dust of the earth?”

  Margaret of Antioch (292–307) said by 307 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Abba Antony said: “He who is hammering a piece of iron first takes note in his logismos what he is going to make: a scythe, a sword, or an axe. So ought we to consider what kind of virtue we are seeking, so that we do not labor in vain.”

  Anthony the Great (251–357) said by 357 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “«Es justo que sea considerado débil y cobarde tanto quien desea morir cuando no es el momento, como quien lo rechaza cuando es oportuno».”

  Juliano el Apóstata (331–363) said by 363 at the latest wikiquote:es, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Iniurium est de poeta male sobrio lectorem abstemium iudicare.”

  Ausonius (310–395) said by 395 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: Griphus Ternarii Numeri, "Ausonio Symmacho"; translation from Helen Waddell The Wandering Scholars ([1927] 1954) p. 37.

• “Triste est omne animale post coitum, praeter mulierem gallumque”

  Galen (129–300) said by 300 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: Galen (30-200 A.D.), in: Medical Aspects of Human Sexuality, (1973), p. 19.

• “Ὁ αὐτὸς ἀββᾶς Μακάριος͵ ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ ὢν͵ εὗ ρεν ἄνθρωπον ἔχοντα κτῆνος καὶ συλοῦντα τὰς χρείας αὐτοῦ· καὶ αὐτὸς ὡς ξένος παραστὰς τῷ συλοῦντι͵ συνεγέμου τὸ κτῆνος͵ καὶ μετὰ πολλῆς ἡσυχίας προέπεμπεν αὐτὸν͵ λέγων͵ ὅτι Οὐδὲν εἰσηνέγκαμεν εἰς τὸν κόσμον͵ δῆλον ὅτι οὐδὲ ἐξενεγκεῖν τι δυνάμεθα. Ὁ Κύριος ἔδωκεν· ὡς αὐτὸς ἠθέλη σεν͵ οὕτως καὶ ἐγένετο. Εὐλογητὸς Κύριος ἐπὶ πᾶσιν”

  Macarius of Egypt (300–391) said by 391 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “βασιλεία τῶν οὐρανῶν ἐντὸς ὑμῶν ἐστί. περὶ δὲ τὸν ἐντὸς ἄνθρωπον οὐδὲν ἕτερον ἢ θεωρία συνίσταται. θεωρία ἂν εἴη λοιπὸν ἡ βασιλεία τῶν οὐρανῶν.”

  Basil of Caesarea (329–379) said by 379 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Amma Sarah sent someone to say to Abba Paphnutius, 'Have you really done the work of God by letting your brother be despised?' and Abba Paphnutius said, 'Paphnutius is here with the intention of doing the work of God, and he has nothing to do with anyone else.'”

  Paphnutius the Ascetic (350–350) said by 350 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “He was made man in order that we might be made gods.[Christ] manifested himself by a body that we might receive the idea of the unseen Father; and He endured the insolence of men that we might inherit immortality.”

  Athanasius of Alexandria (296–373) said by 373 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: De Incarnatione, 54.3. As quoted in Deification and Sonship According to St Athanasius of Alexandria: Part I (February 9, 2016)

• “The hutzpah of our love is pleasing to you, O Lord, just as it pleased you that we should steal from your bounty.”

  Ephrem the Syrian (306–373) said by 373 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “«Durante siglos, los Remedios simples de Galeno fueron de lectura obligada para los aspirantes a médicos, la suma del conocimiento antiguo sobre medicina, cuidados de los enfermos y plantas medicinales. Su autor describió una raíz que cura “la aspereza de la garganta” y recomendó la marihuana como un remedio para el dolor de oídos “que no produce flatulencia” (aunque “seca el esperma”)».”

  Galeno (129–300) said by 300 at the latest wikiquote:es, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “«Aunque todos los lobos y buitres de la tierra se unieran para convencerme de las ventajas de la carne, no por ello dejaría de verlo como un crimen».”

  Porfirio (233–301) said by 301 at the latest wikiquote:es, CC BY-SA 4.0 source