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Said in the 400s
“Oui, les temps sont mauvais, non pas pour ton Église, Mon père, mais pour nous que ton orgueil méprise, Pour nous qui n'enseignons, dans notre abaissement, Que l'étude, la paix et le recueillement.”
Hypatie (360–415) said by 415 at the latest wikiquote:fr, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The same Abba Theophilus the archbishop once visited Scete. When the brothers were assembled they said to Abba Pambo: “Tell the pope one saying so he might reap benefit in this place.” Said the elder to them: “If he reaps no benefit from my silence, nor can he benefit from my speaking.”
Theophilus I of Alexandria (died 412) said by 412 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“If the transmigration of a soul takes place into a rational being, it simply becomes the soul of that body. But if the soul migrates into a brute beast, it follows the body outside, as a guardian spirit follows a man. For there could never be a rational soul in an irrational being.”
Sallustius (400–400) said by 400 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
“Good laws are produced by bad actions.”
Ambrosius Theodosius Macrobius (370–430) said by 430 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Deus, dona hominibus videre in parvo communes notitias rerum parvarum atque magnarum.”
Augustine of Hippo (354–430) said by 430 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Truly the lion leaves the desert and erases his pawprints with his tail. If he prevails over the person who has come out to [hunt] him, he goes up in complete confidence. Now then, you who are poor, you shall look boldly upon your enemies like the roaring lions.”
Paul of Tammah (301–415) said by 415 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“This same norm of Apostolic doctrine is firmly maintained by his (Peter's) successors, of him to whom the Lord entrusted the care of the entire flock of sheep, to whom He promised not to leave him until the end of time.”
Pope Simplicius (420–483) said by 483 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Men ... have been given legs that bend: in this way they can descend sometimes to fulfill the needs of the body, and at other times ascend to fulfill those of the soul.”
Nilus of Sinai (365–430) said by 430 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“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)
“Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum; qui uictoriam cupit, milites inbuat diligenter; qui secundos optat euentus, dimicet arte, non casu.”
Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus (400–450) said by 450 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“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
“For what fortress, what city, in the wide extent of the Roman empire, can hope to exist, secure and impregnable, if it is our pleasure that it should be erased from the earth?”
Attila (500–453) said by 453 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted by Edward Gibbon (1781), The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Vol. III, chapter 34
“They also used to say of him that he once braided cord for two baskets and stitched it together as one basket but didn’t realize it until he approached the wall, for his logismos was occupied in contemplation.”
John the Dwarf (339–405) said by 405 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“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
“Is it not excessively ridiculous to seek the good opinion of those whom you would never wish to be like?”
John Chrysostom (349–407) said by 407 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The religion of souls follows the same law that governs the life of bodies. In fact, although these grow and develop over the years, they remain the same as before.”
Vincent of Lérins (500–450) said by 450 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Ward: A brother asked Abba Poemen, "How should I behave in the place where I live?" The old man said, "Have the mentality of an exile in the place where you live, do not desire to be listened to and you will have peace.”
Poemen (340–450) said by 450 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Their faith alone will not profit them, because they have not done works of righteousness.”
Pelagius (354–420) said by 420 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“A brother visited Abba Elijah who was living in hesychia at the coenobion of the cave of Abba Zabba and he said to him: “Abba, tell me a saying.” The elder said to the brother: “In the days of our fathers these three virtues were cherished: indifference to possessions, meekness, and continence. Now cupidity, gluttony, and arrogance hold monks in prey. Hold fast to which you will.”
Elias the Hermit (400–400) said by 400 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source