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“You must give heed unto virtue, O men, which swims forth even with a man who has suffered shipwreck, and, on his coming naked to land, will render him more honoured than the happy Phaeacians.”
Basil of Caesarea (329–379) said by 379 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
“No one will deny that the soul of Pythagoras was sent to mankind from Apollo's domain, having either been one of his attendants, or more intimate associates, which may be inferred both from his birth, and his versatile wisdom.”
Iamblichus (245–325) said by 325 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: “A time is coming when people will rave, and when they see somebody who is not raving, they will attack him, saying: ‘You are raving [mad]’; for he is not like them.”
Anthony the Great (251–357) said by 357 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The Son of God is nailed to the cross; but on the cross God conquers human death. Christ, the Son of God, dies; but all flesh is made alive in Christ. The Son of God is in hell; but man is carried back to heaven.”
Hilary of Poitiers (315–367) said by 367 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“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
“Abba Pambo said: “If you have a heart you can be saved.”
Pambo (350–375) said by 375 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Even a high-ranking man convicted of wizardry will face torture.”
Constantius II (317–361) said by 361 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“60. If you are a theologian, you truly pray. If you truly pray, you are a theologian.”
Evagrius Ponticus (345–399) 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
“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
“Superstitiosus magis quam sacrorum legitimus observator, innumeras sine parsimonia pecudes mactans, ut aestimaretur (si revertisset de Parthis), boves iam defuturos.”
Ammianus Marcellinus (330–395) said by 395 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“All mountains, whether large or small, have gods and spirits. If the mountain is large, the god is great; if the mountain is small, the god is minor. If someone enters the mountain possessed of no magical arts, he will certainly suffer harm”...”
Ge Hong (284–364) said by 364 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“He [Apollonius of Perga] spent a very long time with the pupils of Euclid at Alexandria, and it was thus that he acquired such a scientific habit of thought.”
Pappus of Alexandria (290–350) said by 350 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Of Ephesus, historian. [He wrote] Ephesiaca [Ephesian Histories]; it is a love story in 10 books about [H]abrocomes and Anthia; also On the city of the Ephesians; and other things.”
Xenophon of Ephesus (101–300) said by 300 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Cantet, amat quod quisque: levant et carmina curas.”
Nemesianus (200–300) said by 300 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“A brother asked Abba Serapion: “Tell me a saying.” The elder said: “What can I say to you? That you took the goods of widows and orphans and set them in this embrasure?”—for he saw that it was full of books.”
Serapion of Thmuis (300–370) said by 370 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“[Christ's] character is twofold: like the head of the body in that he is regarded as God and yet comparable to the feet in that he put on humanity for the sake of our salvation, a man of passions like ours.”
Eusebius of Caesarea (265–340) said by 340 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Errantes silva in magna et sub luce maligna inter harundineasque comas gravidumque papaver et tacitos sine labe lacus, sine murmure rivos, quorum per ripas nebuloso lumine marcent fleti, olim regum et puerorum nomina, flores.”
Ausonius (310–395) said by 395 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Cupido Cruciator", line 5; translation from Helen Waddell Mediaeval Latin Lyrics ([1929] 1943) p. 31.
“Nam qui hominem, quamuis ob merita damnatum, in conspectu suo iugulari pro uoluptate computat, conscientiam suam polluit, tam scilicet, quam si homicidii, quod fit occulte, spectator et particeps fiat.”
Lactantius (240–320) said by 320 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source