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• “If one is able to become deeply aware of the negative consequences of desires, one will not become involved in them. This is what is meant by renouncing desire.”

  Zhiyi (538–597) said by 597 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Hoc Matthaeus agens hominem generaliter implet; Marcus ut alta fremit uox per deserta leonis; Iura sacerdotii Lucas tenet ore iuuenci; More uolans aquilae uerbo petit astra Iohannes.”

  Coelius Sedulius (400–500) said by 500 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: Description of the in the Carmen Paschale, as translated by Carl P. Springer, Sedulius: The Paschal Song and Hymns, Ancient Israel and Its Literature, vol. 35 (SBL Press, 2013) p. 21

• “Nec dubium enim est, quod hic primus homo Adam, antequam peccaret, tipum Redemptoris domini praetulisset. Ipsi enim in passionis sopore obdormiens, de latere suo dum aquam cruoremque producit, virginem inmaculatamque eclesiam sibi exhibuit, redemptam sanguine, latice emundatam, non habentem maculam aut rugam, id est limphis ablutam propter maculam, extensam in crucem propter rugam.”

  Gregory of Tours (538–594) said by 594 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: Historia Francorum, bk. 1, sec. 1 (tr. Ernest Brehaut, 1916)

• “caturadhikam śatamaṣṭaguṇam dvāṣaṣṭistathā sahasrāṇām ayutadvayaviṣkambhasyāsanno vṛttapariṇāhaḥ.”

  Aryabhata (476–550) said by 550 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Αἴθε βέλος γενόμην ἢ δίκτυον ἠὲ φαρέτρη, αἴθε βέλος γενόμην θηροκτόνον, ὄφρά με γυμναῖς χερσὶν ἐλαφρίσσειεν· ὀπισθοτόνοιο δὲ τόξου εἴην νεῦρα βόεια πολὺ πλέον, ὄφρά με μαζῷ χιονέῳ πελάσειε σαόφρονος ἔκτοθι μίτρης, ναὶ δαμάλη, ναὶ μόσχε, σαόφρονος ἔκτοθι μίτρης.”

  Nonnus (500–500) said by 500 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: Dionysiaca, bk. 15, 258, trans. C. A. Elton, Specimens of the Classical Poets (1814), vol. 3, p. 323

• “Ζωσίμη ἡ πρὶν ἐοῦσα μόνῳ τῷ σώματι δούλη καὶ τῷ σώματι νῦν εὗρεν ἐλευθερίην.”

  Damascius (450–550) said by 550 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: J. A. Symonds Jr., "Epitaph of a Slave", Studies of the Greek Poets (1873), p. 357:

• “When the return of the Sun took place from the middle of Aslesha, the solstice was then right. It now takes place from Punarvasu.”

  Varāhamihira (505–587) said by 587 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: as quoted in David Frawley, Gods, Sages and Kings: Vedic Secrets of Ancient Civilization, 2000.

• “Et tacens vetustos immanium tyrannorum annos, qui in aliis longe positis regionibus vulgati sunt, it ut Porphyrius rabidus orientalis adversus ecclesiam canis dementiae suae ac vanitatis stilo hoc etiam adnecteret: "Britannia", inquiens, "fertilis provincia tyrannorum".”

  Gildas (500–570) said by 570 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “He who has trembled before the pedagogue's rod will not face the spear willingly.”

  Theodoric the Great (454–526) said by 526 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: Attributed in Charles Oman, Europe, 476–918, Periods of European History I (New York: Macmillan & Co, 1893) ch. 5, p. 74

• “Kama is also learnt from the Kama Sutra (aphorisms on love) and from the practice of [[citizens.”

  Vātsyāyana (500–500) said by 500 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Quid enim illa praestantius, quae caeli machinam sonora dulcedine modulatur et naturae convenientiam ubique dispersam virtutis suae gratia comprehendit?”

  Cassiodorus (487–583) said by 583 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Nam in omni adversitate fortunae infelicissimum est genus infortunii fuisse felicem.”

  Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius (480–524) said by 524 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “We believe that it has been brought about by a special dispensation of Divine Providence, that the Frankish Princes should profess the orthodox faith; like the Roman Emperors, in order that they may help this city, whence it took its rise. Persuade them with all earnestness to keep from any friendship and alliance with our most unspeakable enemies, the Lombards.”

  Pope Pelagius II (520–590) said by 590 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Mitis depone colla, Sigamber; adora quod incendisti, incende quod adorasti.”

  Saint Remigius (437–533) said by 533 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: Advice to King Clovis (25 December 496) in Gregory of Tours, Historia Francorum, bk. 2, sec. 31 (tr. Ernest Brehaut, 1916). French quoted in Norbert Guterman, A Book of French Quotations (1963), p. vi: "Adore ce que tu …

• “The essence of the Way is detachment. And the goal of those who practice is freedom from appearances.”

  Bodhidharma (440–540) said by 540 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Εἰ δὲ καὶ περὶ τῶν ἀντιπόδων ἐπεξεργαστικώτερον θελήσειέ τις ζητῆσαι, ῥᾳδίως τοὺς γραώδεις μύθους αὐτῶν ἀνακαλύψει.”

  Cosmas Indicopleustes (600–550) said by 550 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: Topographia Christiana, bk. 1, sec. 20 (tr. J. W. McCrindle, 1897)

• “Nothing is more shameful than to fall in with the plans of the enemy.”

  Belisarius (505–565) said by 565 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Do not the brave know The greatness of their progeny? A country present will meet thee, And while it may possibly be yours, Three hundred thousand years save one, A short hour of the day of everlasting life.”

  Taliesin (518–599) said by 599 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Shine as they may, there are no kings Adorned with jewelry and pearls That shine as does a man restrained Adorned with virtue's ornament.”

  Buddhaghoṣa (401–500) said by 500 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Every age and degree of understanding should have its proper measure of discipline. With regard to boys and adolescents, therefore, or those who cannot understand the seriousness of the penalty of excommunication, whenever such as these are delinquent let them be subjected to severe fasts or brought to terms by harsh beatings, that they may be cured.”

  Benedict of Nursia (480–547) said by 547 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source