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“Dum Hispaniae uni quidquid ubique laudatur adsurgat. Haec durissimos milites, haec experientissimos duces, haec facundissimos oratores, haec clarissimos uates parit, haec iudicum mater haec principum est. Haec Traianum illum, haec deinceps Hadrianum misit imperio; huic te debet imperium.”
Pacatus Drepanius (400–400) said by 400 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Panegyric of Theodosius" (389), as recorded in the Panegyrici Latini. Translation from C. E. V. Nixon and Barbara Saylor Rodgers, In Praise of Later Roman Emperors: The Panegyrici Latini (1994), p. 452, original Latin a…
“狗吠深巷中，雞鳴桑樹顛。”
陶淵明 (365–427) said by 427 at the latest wikiquote:zh, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Numquam ad certamen publicum produxeris militem, nisi cum eum uideris sperare uictoriam.”
Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus (400–450) said by 450 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
“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
“Est hominum sors ista, magis felicibus ut mors sit cita, cum miseris vita diurna negat.”
Avianus (400–401) said by 401 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The sun by the action of heat makes wax moist and mud dry, hardening the one while it softens the other, by the same operation producing exactly opposite results; thus, from the long-suffering of God, some derive benefit, and others harm; some are softened, while others are hardened.”
Theodoret (393–466) said by 466 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, p. 263.
“We can never enter upon the path to virtue unless we have hope as our guide and companion.”
Pelagius (354–420) said by 420 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
“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
“We gaze up at the same stars; the sky covers us all; the same universe encompasses us. What does it matter what practical system we adopt in our search for the truth? The heart of so great a mystery cannot be reached by following one road only.”
Quintus Aurelius Symmachus (345–402) said by 402 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“夫子積學，當日知其所無，以就懿德：若中道而歸，何異斷斯織乎。”
范曄 (398–445) said by 445 at the latest wikiquote:zh, 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
“Expel by reasoning the unrestrained grief of a torpid soul.”
Stobaeus (430–470) said by 470 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
“If we listen to those who like to record antiquities, we shall find them attributing this theorem to Pythagoras and saying that he sacrificed an ox on its discovery. For my part, though I marvel at those who first noted the truth of this theorem, I admire more the author of the Elements for the very lucid proof by which he made it fast.”
Proclus (412–485) said by 485 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The fifth century mathematician Proclus quoted in (Morrow 1970: 337). Morrow, Glenn R. Proclus, A Commentary on the First Book of Euclid's Elements: Translated, with Introduction and Notes. Princeton University Press, 1…
“The same Abba Isaiah called one of the brothers and washed his feet, then he threw a handful of lentils in a pot and served them when it came to the boil. The brother said to him: “It is not yet cooked, abba,” and he said to him: “Is it not enough for you that it saw the bright [flame] totally? That is great consolation.”
Isaiah the Solitary (died 492) said by 492 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
“You had better go where Fate leads— Drift on the Stream of Infinite Flux, Without joy, without fear: When you must go—then go.”
Tao Yuanming (365–427) said by 427 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“When Abba Arsenius was still in the palace, he prayed to God saying: “Lord, guide me as to how I can be saved,” and there came to him a voice saying: “Arsenius, flee from people and you shall be saved.”
Arsenius the Great (354–449) said by 449 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“tunc etiam lex, quae ab Oppio tribuno plebi lata fuerat, ne qua mulier plus quam semunciam auri haberet neue uersicolori uestimento nec uehiculo per urbem uteretur, post uiginti annos abrogata est.”
Orosius (385–418) said by 418 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: 20.14 (tr. I. W. Raymond, 1936)
“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
“È un grande tradimento della salvezza non conoscere nessuna delle leggi divine.”
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)