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“caturadhikam śatamaṣṭaguṇam dvāṣaṣṭistathā sahasrāṇām ayutadvayaviṣkambhasyāsanno vṛttapariṇāhaḥ.”
Aryabhata (476–550) said by 550 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Σκηνὴ πᾶς ὁ βίος, καὶ παίγνιον· ἤ μάθε παίζειν, τὴν σπουδὴν μεταθείς, ἢ φέρε τὰς ὀδύνας.”
Palladas (400–500) said by 500 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Robert Bland & John Herman Merivale, The Monthly Magazine, vol. xix (1805); Translations Chiefly from the Greek Anthology (1806), p. 70:
“Whatever things may be done by one of the lovers to the other, the same should be returned by the other, if she strikes him he should also strike her in return.”
Vātsyāyana (500–500) said by 500 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Mater criminum necessitas tollitur.”
Cassiodorus (487–583) said by 583 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Bk. 9, no. 13; translation from S. Giora Shoham and Gill Sher (eds.) The Many Faces of Crime and Deviance (White Plains, N.Y.: Sheridan House, 1983) p. 32.
“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 …
“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)
“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
“Ὑπναλέην δὲ ἀθρήσας Διόνυσος ἐρημαίην Ἀριάδνην θαύματι μῖξεν ἔρωτα·”
Nonnus (500–500) said by 500 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Dionysiaca, bk. 47, 271, trans. Mrs Browning, Last Poems (1862)
“Hate seeks out only unreal faults, while understanding seeks out only real faults.”
Buddhaghoṣa (401–500) said by 500 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“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:
“Heinrich Denzinger, Enchiridion Symbolorum, bilingual edition edited by Peter Hünermann, Italian version edited by Angelo Lanzoni and Giovanni Zaccherini, Edb, 2001.”
Pope Pelagius I (505–561) said by 561 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“In warfare, it is the unexpected which is accustomed to govern the course of events.”
Belisarius (505–565) said by 565 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I pardon your offence against me. Pray that God also may pardon you.”
Justinian I (482–565) said by 565 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Thou shalt go no further, nor touch the man; go back with all speed.”
Columba (521–597) said by 597 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Adamnan, Life of Saint Columba, Ch. 28: "How an Aquatic Monster was driven off by virtue of the blessed man's prayer". Translated by William Reeves, The Historians of Scotland, vol. 6 (1874)
“The number of saints in scores, Valiant men, golden their party. Before kings a career of praise, Warriors, no one was before them in demanding. In straits, in expanse, in every need, May they be a city to our body and our soul!”
Taliesin (518–599) said by 599 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Fair were they also, diffusing the odor of musk as they moved, Like the soft zephyr bringing with it the scent of the clove.”
Imru' al-Qais (501–544) said by 544 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“舉梁武帝問達摩大師：「如何是聖諦第一義？」 摩雲：「廓然無聖！」 帝曰：「對朕者誰？」 摩雲：「不識。」 帝不契，達摩遂渡江至魏。”
Bodhidharma (440–540) said by 540 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“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.
“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
“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
“Fecisti patriam diversis gentibus unam: profuit iniustis te dominante capi. dumque offers victis proprii consortia iuris, urbem fecisti quod prius orbis erat.”
Rutilius Claudius Namatianus (400–500) said by 500 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: E. F. Jacob, The Holy Roman Empire, Benn's Sixpenny Library (1928), p. 76: