Famous quotes
Quotes by famous people, credited to who said them. Your own quotes must not match any of these. More are added all the time. 1,158,269 quotes Who coined it · How we decide
EnglishItalianoPolskiעבריתFrançaisPortuguêsفارسیEspañol中文РусскийDeutschالعربيةहिन्दी日本語ΕλληνικάLatina
Said in the 300s
“Abba John of the Thebaid said, 'First of all the monk must gain humility; for it is the first commandment of the Lord who said: "Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven."' (Matt. 5.3)”
John of Egypt (305–394) said by 394 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
“Abba Hilarion from Palestine visited Abba Antony at the mountain and Abba Antony said to him: “Welcome, star of the morning, rising at dawn.” “Peace be with you, pillar of light supporting the world,” said Abba Hilarion to him.”
Hilarion (291–372) said by 372 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Philosophize about the world or worlds; about matter; about soul; about natures endowed with reason, good or bad; about resurrection, about judgment, about reward, or the Sufferings of Christ. For in these subjects to hit the mark is not useless, and to miss it is not dangerous.”
Gregory of Nazianzus (329–390) said by 390 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
“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
“Ausonius must be read to be believed! As poet, no subject is too trivial for him; as courtier, no flattery too excessive.”
Ausonius (310–395) said by 395 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Gore Vidal, Julian (1964), p. 11.
“He who has two cakes of bread, let him dispose of one of them for some flowers of the narcissus; for bread is the food of the body, and the narcissus is the food of the soul.”
Galen (129–300) said by 300 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Arabian Society In The Middle Ages, by Edward William Lane, (1883) citing Nowwájee, En-, Shems-ed-deen Moḥammad (died 1454), Ḥalbet El-Kumeyt, at footnote 167.
“(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
“Omnia tempus alit, tempus rapit: usus in arto est.”
Nemesianus (200–300) said by 300 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Verum Scriptura omnis in duo Testamenta diuisa est. Illud quod aduentum passionemque Christi antecessit, id est lex et prophetae, Vetus dicitur; ea uero quae post resurrectionem eius scripta sunt, Nouum Testamentum nominantur. Iudaei Veteri utuntur, nos nouo.”
Lactantius (240–320) said by 320 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Si fueris Romae, Romano vivito more; Si fueris alibi, vivito sicut ibi.”
Ambrose (339–397) said by 397 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted in Ductor Dubitantium, or the Rule of Conscience (1660) by Jeremy Taylor, I.i.5; commonly rendered into a proverb: "When in Rome, do as the Romans do", or simply "When in Rome...
“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
“Ma noi non crediamo che degli atei possano prevalere contro la Divinità.”
Eustathius of Antioch (270–337) said by 337 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Also quoted by: Eustazio di Antiochia (it)
“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
“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
“Most of those who are ignorant of the proper method for entering mountains will meet with misfortune and mishap”.”
Ge Hong (284–364) said by 364 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“If any Jew has purchased and circumcised a Christian slave or one of any other sect than his own, he shall not keep the circumcised slave in servitude, but the man who has suffered this outrage shall be granted the rights of liberty.”
Constantine the Great (272–337) said by 337 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
“A musician would not willingly consent that his lyre should be out of tune, nor a leader of a chorus that his chorus should not sing in the strictest possible harmony; but shall each individual person be at variance with himself, and shall he exhibit a life not at all in agreement with his words?”
Basil of Caesarea (329–379) said by 379 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
“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