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• “The man who is ingenious and wise, who is accompanied by a friend, and who knows the intentions of others, as also the proper time and place for doing everything, can gain over, very easily, even a woman who is very hard to be obtained.”

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

• “For not by numbers of men, nor by measure of body, but by valor of soul is war to be decided.”

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

  Recorded in: As quoted in 100 Decisive Battles : From Ancient Times to the Present (2001) by Paul K. Davis, p. 93; cited to the records of Procopius, in Procopius, Vol. IV, I, pp. 15-16.

• “Pleasant, berries in the time of harvest; Also pleasant, wheat upon the stalk. Pleasant the sun moving in the firmament; Also pleasant the retaliators of outcries.”

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

• “Grammatica magistra verborum, ornatrix humani generis, quae per exercitationem pulcherrimae lectionis antiquorum nos cognoscitur iuvare consiliis. hac non utuntur barbari reges: apud legales dominos manere cognoscitur singularis. arma enim et reliqua gentes habent: sola reperitur eloquentia, quae Romanorum dominis obsecundat.”

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

• “'Do not desire to know the evils of your neighbor and do not entertain suspicions about him, but if suspicious thoughts burst out of your own wickedness, take care to mould them into noble thoughts, and in all things give thanks in accord with God’s goodness and holy love.'”

  Dorotheus of Gaza (510–565) said by 565 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:

• “Interea non cessant uncinata nudorum tela, quibus miserrimi cives de muris tracti solo allidebantur.”

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

  Recorded in: Gildas here describes post-Roman Britons on Hadrian's Wall defending it against the Scots and Picts below. This bizarre image, familiar to students of British history for generations, is belied by a more recent translat…

• “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)

• “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 …

• “Varāhamihira .... in his Brihat Samhitā.... states that the height of a tall man is 108 angulas, that of a medium man ninety-six angulas, and that of a short man eighty-four angulas (the same heights apply to statues of various deities); using our Harappan angula of 1.76 cm, we get 1.90, 1.69 and 1.48 m respectively, quite consistent with ‘tall’, ‘medium’ and ‘short’.”

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

  Recorded in: Danino, M. (2010). The lost river : on the trail of the Sarasvatī. Penguin Books India.

• “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)

• “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

• “He whose mind is satisfied with virtue that has been achieved, Who never thinks to stir himself And take a meditation subject up, Contented with mere virtuousness, Nor striving for a higher state— His virtue bears the appellation Of that partaking of stagnation.”

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

• “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

• “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)

• “Ἡδύ, φίλοι, μείδημα τὸ Λαΐδος: ἡδὺ κατ᾽ αὖ τῶν ἠπιοδινήτων δάκρυ χέει βλεφάρων. χθιζά μοι ἀπροφάσιστον ἐπέστενεν, ἐγκλιδὸν ὤμῳ ἡμετέρῳ κεφαλὴν δηρὸν ἐρεισαμένη: μυρομένην δ᾽ ἐφίλησα: τὰ δ᾽ ὡς δροσερῆς ἀπὸ πηγῆς δάκρυα μιγνυμένων πῖπτε κατὰ στομάτων. εἶπε δ᾽ ἀνειρομένῳ, “Τίνος εἵνεκα δάκρυα λείβεις;” “Δείδια μή με λίπῃς: ἐστὲ γὰρ ὁρκαπάται.”

  Paul the Silentiary (520–575) said by 575 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: Anthologia Palatina, v, 250, as translated by W. S. Marris, in The Oxford Book of Greek Verse in Translation (1938), "The Tears of Fear

• “«Con más facilidad se les llama bravos a los audaces que seguros a los prudentes». Citando a Totila en un discurso a su ejército. Historia de las Guerras, VII: 25, 15. en línea. En Historia de las guerras. Libros VII-VIII. Guerra gótica.”

  Procopio de Cesarea (500–565) said by 565 at the latest wikiquote:es, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “100 plus 4, multiplied by 8, and added to 62,000: this is the nearly approximate measure of the circumference of a circle whose diameter is 20,000.”

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

  Recorded in: According to the verse, Aryabhata’s value of π equals ((100+4)×8 + 62000)/20000, which is 3.1416. Ganitapada 10

• “« La ignorancia significa mortalidad. Y el conocimiento significa budeidad"».”

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

• “Percensere labor densis decora alta tropaeis ut si quis stellas pernumerare velit; confunduntque vagos delubra micantia visus: ipsos crediderim sic​ habitare deos.”

  Rutilius Claudius Namatianus (400–500) said by 500 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: Gilbert Norwood, "Rutilius Claudius Namatianus", Phoenix, vol. 1 (1947), p. 37: