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Said in the 700s
“Take the good speech from whoever said it even if his practice was not accordingly.”
Muhammad al-Baqir (677–733) said by 733 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“見天子庸知非福，何兒女悲乎？”
Wu Zetian (624–705) said by 705 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The dunyâ distracts and preoccupies the heart and body, but al-zuhd (asceticism, not giving importance to worldly things) gives rest to the heart and body. Verily, Allâh will ask us about the halâl things we enjoyed, so what about the harâm!”
Hasan al-Basri (642–728) said by 728 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Nag Bhat I led an army of 30,000-40,000 men mostly consisting of cavalry and infantry. He was a great military commander and organised his army by dividing his cavalry in parts on the flanks. The battle hardened infantry was positioned in the center with reserve cavalry and possibly war elephants in the back as a rearguard.”
Nagabhata I (750–780) said by 780 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Rawal M. S. & Rawal Y. S. (2019). Saffron swords. Garuda Prakashan.
“The person who is aware of the present situations of his time, will never get involved with falsifying and wrongdoing.”
Ja'far al-Sadiq (699–765) said by 765 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“长风破浪会有时， 直挂云帆济沧海。”
Li Bai (701–762) said by 762 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Nobody seeks my help with a petition or offers an excuse that is more pressing than he, reminding me of a favor I did him so that it would be followed by its sister (i.e, one like it) and so good would be done to its asker because withholding of later things removes gratitude for earlier ones.”
Al-Mahdi (744–785) said by 785 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Also quoted by: Al-Tabari
“«Ni el agua que transcurre torna a su manantial, ni la flor desprendida de su tallo vuelve jamás al árbol que la dejó caer».”
Li Bai (701–762) said by 762 at the latest wikiquote:es, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“For the sake of all beings I have made this body pleasureless. Let them continually beat it, revile it, and cover it with filth. Let them play with my body. Let them laugh at it and ridicule it. What does it matter to me? I have given my body to them.”
Shantideva (685–763) said by 763 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Hito goto wa Natsu no no kusa to Shigeku to mo Imo to ware to shi Tazusawarineba”
Kakinomoto no Hitomaro (662–710) said by 710 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Every divine feast, when celebrated, fills the faithful with spiritual joy, drawing from treasures and sources that come from God.”
Germanus I of Costantinople (634–732) said by 732 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Do not destroy a church, synagogue, or fire temple with respect to which an agreement has been concluded with you, and do not permit the construction of a new church or fire temple. Do not drag the lamb to its place of slaughter of sharpen the knife over the head of the animal. Do not combine two prayers without an excuse.”
Umar II (681–720) said by 720 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“You have asked one who knows. The hearts of the people are with you, but their swords are with the Banu Umayyah. The decision will come from heaven, and Allah will do what He wishes.”
Al-Farazdaq (640–728) said by 728 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“戰哭多新鬼，愁吟獨老翁。 亂雲低薄暮，急雪舞迴風。 瓢棄尊無綠，爐存火似紅。 數州訊息斷，愁坐正書空。”
Du Fu (712–770) said by 770 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Snow Storm" (對雪), as translated by Kenneth Rexroth in One Hundred Poems from the Chinese (1971), p. 6
“Ishaq 956 & 962 - "He who withholds the Jizya is an enemy of Allah and His apostle.”
Ibn Ishaq (704–768) said by 768 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Kings can tolerate everything but three practices– revealing a secret, an outrage on his harem, or a blow aimed at his power.”
Al-Mansur (713–775) said by 775 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“All the lands of the West have their eyes directed toward our humility; by them we are considered as a God upon earth.”
Pope Gregory II (669–731) said by 731 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Nū scylun herᵹan • hefaenrīcaes Uard, metudæs maecti • end his mōdᵹidanc, uerc Uuldurfadur, • suē hē uundra ᵹihwaes, ēci dryctin • ōr āstelidæ hē ǣrist scōp • aelda barnum heben til hrōfe, • hāleᵹ scepen. Thā middunᵹeard • moncynnæs Uard, eci Dryctin, • æfter tīadæ firum foldu, • Frēa allmectiᵹ.”
Bede (672–735) said by 735 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The generous and polite is under the protection of God; He does not leave him until He makes him enter the Garden. God sends out none as a prophet except the generous.":151”
Musa al-Kadhim (745–799) said by 799 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“明月松間照，清泉石上流。”
Wang Wei (699–761) said by 761 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“As power becomes great, concupiscence grows less.”
As-Saffah (722–754) said by 754 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source