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• “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

• “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)

• “Though a man loves a girl ever so much, he never succeeds in winning her without a great deal of talking.”

  Vātsyāyana (500–500) said by 500 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

• “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

• “Where comes a cow, there follows a woman; and where comes a woman follows trouble.”

  Columba (521–597) said by 597 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: Attributed in Seumas MacManus, Heavy Hangs the Golden Grain (1950) Ch. 3

• “To bardzo niesprawiedliwe, nie przyjmować prezentów od każdego, ale to jest bardzo złe, aby wziąć wszystko łapczywie.”

  Justynian I Wielki (482–565) said by 565 at the latest wikiquote:pl, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Nieraz zjawiała się na składkowych biesiadach w towarzystwie dziesięciu czy kilkunastu doskonale zbudowanych młodzieńców, których jedynym zajęciem była rozpusta, i całą noc spędzała ze współbiesiadnikami w łóżku… robiła przy tym użytek aż z trzech otworów.”

  Teodora (497–548) said by 548 at the latest wikiquote:pl, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Ἀνέρα λυσσητῆρι κυνὸς βεβολημένον ἰῷ ὕδασι θηρείην εἰκόνα φασὶ βλέπειν. λυσσώων τάχα πικρὸν Ἔρως ἐνέπηξεν ὀδόντα εἰς ἐμέ, καὶ μανίαις θυμὸν ἐληίσατο: σὴν γὰρ ἐμοὶ καὶ πόντος ἐπήρατον εἰκόνα φαίνει, καὶ ποταμῶν δῖναι, καὶ δέπας οἰνοχόον.”

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

  Recorded in: Anthologia Palatina, v, 266, as translated by W. G. Headlam, A Book of Greek Verse (1907), "The Mad Lover

• “Usuń jak najszybciej Childeberta i jego matkę Brunhildę, a potem zawrzyj pokój z królem Guntramem.”

  Leowigild (519–586) said by 586 at the latest wikiquote:pl, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: Źródło: Helmut Werner, Tyranki. Najokrutniejsze kobiety w historii, tłum. Monika Gajowa, Wydawnictwo Jeden Świat, Warszawa 2005, ISBN 8389632241, s. 115.

• “Listen carefully, my child, to your master's precepts, and incline the ear of your heart. Receive willingly and carry out effectively your loving father's advice, that by the labor of obedience you may return to Him from whom you had departed by the sloth of disobedience.”

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

• “Próba dotarcia do wielkiej posiadłości Autentycznej natury rzeczywistości Bez autentycznych schodów tego co relatywne Nie jest podejściem, które mądry powinien stosować.”

  Bhawjawiweka (500–578) said by 578 at the latest wikiquote:pl, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Tak rozbiłeś kielich w Soissons.”

  Chlodwig I (466–511) said by 511 at the latest wikiquote:pl, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: Źródło: Alex Axelrod, Charles Phillips Władcy, tyrani, dyktatorzy. Leksykon, wyd. Politeja, Warszawa 2000, s. 109.

• “Γραμματικοῦ θυγάτηρ ἔτεκεν φιλότητι μιγεῖσα παιδίον ἀρσενικόν, θηλυκόν, οὐδέτερον.”

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

  Recorded in: W. S. Marris, "A Question of Gender", The Oxford Book of Greek Verse in Translation (1938), p. 655:

• “'In all things that come upon me I never desire to run around in quest of human wisdom, but I always act with the small power I have on whatever it is, and at the same time leave the whole thing to God.'”

  Dorotheus of Gaza (510–565) said by 565 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

• “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.

• “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)