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“If two right lines cut one another, they will form the angles at the vertex equal. ... This... is what the present theorem evinces, that when two right lines mutually cut each other, the vertical angles are equal. And it was first invented according to Eudemus by Thales...”
Proclus (412–485) said by 485 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Sed adhuc supersunt aliae superstitiones, quarum secreta pandenda sunt, ... ut et in istis profanis religionibus sciatis mortes esse hominum consecratas.”
Julius Firmicus Maternus (314–400) said by 400 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: De errore profanarum religionum, ch. 6, sec. 1. Translated by Clarence A. Forbes, The Error of the Pagan Religions (Newman Press, 1970) p. 54. Latin, without translation, in J. G. Frazer, The Golden Bough (1890) vol. 1,…
“God, at the beginning, created two human beings, from whom the whole multitude of the human race has descended; and thus it is not the equity of nature, but the ambition of evil desire, which has given rise to worldly nobility.”
Sulpicius Severus (360–420) said by 420 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“With tears we sow seeds of prayer in the earth of the heart, hoping to reap the harvest in joy.”
Diadochos of Photiki (400–486) said by 486 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Let no man judge himself to be a Christian, unless he is one who both follows the teaching of Christ and imitates his example.”
Pelagius (354–420) said by 420 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Sic qui cuncta deos uno male tempore poscunt, iustius his etiam vota diurna negant.”
Avianus (400–401) said by 401 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“aduersarium amplius frangunt transfugae quam perempti.”
Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus (400–450) said by 450 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Love to pray without ceasing, so that your heart will be enlightened.”
Isaiah the Solitary (died 492) said by 492 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“O admirable desert, how right it is for the holy monks to live or desire to live near you and within you, for you are rich and fertile in all the good things of him in whom all things are held.”
Eucherius of Lyon (380–449) said by 449 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Ex hoc barbaricis abacta plectris spernit senipedem stilum Thalia, ex quo septipedes videt patronos.”
Sidonius Apollinaris (430–489) said by 489 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Slaves no doubt, but still men.”
Ambrosius Theodosius Macrobius (370–430) said by 430 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“An unjust law is no law at all.”
Augustine of Hippo (354–430) said by 430 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“She also said: “Just as a ship cannot be built without nails, so is it impossible to be saved without humble-mindedness.”
Syncletica of Alexandria (320–460) said by 460 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The same Amma Theodora also said: “A devout person was once reviled by somebody and he said to him: ‘I too could have said the same to you but the law of God closes my mouth.’” She used to say this too: “A Christian having a discussion with a Manichaean about the body spoke thus: ‘Impose the law on the body and you shall see that the body [belongs] to the Creator.’”
Theodora of Alexandria (500–490) said by 490 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Minuit praesentia famam.”
Claudian (370–404) said by 404 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Wrongly attributed to Virgil in an "undoubtedly spurious Italian epistle sometimes printed in [Dante's] works". (Edward Moore, Studies in Dante [1896], footnote on p. 240.)
Also quoted by: Virgil (misattributed)
“A brother asked Abba Arsenius if he could hear a saying from him. The elder said to him: “As much as you are able, strive so that what goes on inside you be godly and you conquer your external passions.”
Arsenius the Great (354–449) said by 449 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“My name is Onnophrius, and for sixty years I have lived in this solitary place and desert. I walk in the mountains like the wild beasts, and I live on the plants and trees, and I have not seen anyone I know.”
Onuphrius (320–400) said by 400 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Ai peccatori che si pentono come la peccatrice, il pubblicano ed il ladrone il Signore perdona tutto il debito, ma ai giusti chiede anche gli interessi.”
Epiphanius of Salamis (315–403) said by 403 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Also quoted by: Epifanio di Salamina (it)
“Corde natus ex parentis Ante mundi exordium A et O cognominatus, ipse fons et clausula Omnium quae sunt, fuerunt, quaeque post futura sunt. Saeculorum saeculis.”
Prudentius (348–413) said by 413 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Hymnus IX: Da puer plectrum ("Of the Father's Heart Begotten"); translated by John Mason Neale, Hymnal Notes, pt. 2 (1856)
“that sectors in equal circles are to one another as the angles on which they stand has been proved by me in my edition of the Elements...”
Theon of Alexandria (335–400) said by 400 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: in : C. K. Raju. Cultural Foundations of Mathematics: The Nature of Mathematical Proof and the Transmission of the Calculus from India to Europe. Pearson Education India, 2007
“It is possible that those who are in no way pressed down with the weight of money may be condemned with the covetous in disposition and intent. For it was the opportunity of possessing which was wanting in their case, and not the will for it.”
John Cassian (360–435) said by 435 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“So concludes the Aithiopika, the story of Theagenes and Charikleia, the work of a Phoenician from the city of Emesa, one of the clan of Descendants of the Sun, Theodosios’s son, Heliodoros.”
Heliodorus of Emesa (250–400) said by 400 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Do not say: 'I do not know what is right, therefore I am not to blame when I fail to do it.' For if you did all the good about which you do know, what you should do next would then become clear to you.”
Marcus Eremita (360–430) said by 430 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source