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“夜のつる都のうちにこめられて子を恋ひつつもなきあかすかな”
高階貴子 (died 996) said by 996 at the latest wikiquote:ja, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“昨年の今夜は清涼殿で天皇のおそばにいた 「秋思」という題で漢詩を作りわたし一人が腸を断つがごとき思いを詠み奉った その詩をおほめいただき賜った御衣はいまここ筑紫の地にある その御衣を捧げ持ち毎日天皇の残り香を嗅ぎ[お慕い申し上げている] --『九月十日』”
菅原道真 (845–903) said by 903 at the latest wikiquote:ja, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“山川に風のかけたるしがらみは 流れもあへぬ紅葉なりけり”
春道列樹 (died 920) said by 920 at the latest wikiquote:ja, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“冬をあさみまだき時雨とおもひしをたえざりけりな老の涙も”
清原元輔 (908–990) said by 990 at the latest wikiquote:ja, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Gregorovius, Ferdinand (C.E.1895). The History of Rome in the Middle Ages, Vol. III. G. Bell & sons. Retrieved September 8, C.E.2018.”
Pope John XII (937–964) said by 964 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“God loves only those who are not concerned with anything else.”
Muhammad ibn Abd al-Jabbar ibn al-Hasan al-Niffari (901–977) said by 977 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“つくばねの峰よりおつるみなの川こひぞつもりて淵となりける”
陽成天皇 (869–949) said by 949 at the latest wikiquote:ja, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“今こむといひしばかりに長月のありあけの月をまちいでつるかな”
素性 (844–910) said by 910 at the latest wikiquote:ja, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It was narrated that Thawban, the freed slave of the Messenger of Allah, said: "The Messenger of Allah said: 'There are two groups of my Ummah whom Allah will free from the Fire: The group that invades India (taghzoo al-hind), and the group that will be with 'Isa bin Maryam, peace be upon him.'”
Al-Nasa'i (829–915) said by 915 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Love leads to knowledge of the Divine mysteries and those who love abide in God and look to Him only, and He is nearer to them than all else and to them in given a vision of Him unveiled and they see Him with the eye of certainty.”
Abu Talib al-Makki (died 996) said by 996 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“見わたせば松の葉しろき吉野山いく世つもれる雪にかあるらむ”
平兼盛 (died 991) said by 991 at the latest wikiquote:ja, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“おきつ風ふけゐの浦に立つ浪の名残にさへや我はしづまむ”
源宗于 (900–940) said by 940 at the latest wikiquote:ja, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“A just city should favor justice and the just, hate tyranny and injustice, and give them both their just desserts.”
Al-Farabi (870–951) said by 951 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: H. Gibb et al., eds., "Mazalim", The Dictionary of Islam vol. IV (Leiden: Brill, 1991)
“くるるかとみればあけぬる夏の夜をあかずとやなく山ほととぎす”
壬生忠岑 (860–920) said by 920 at the latest wikiquote:ja, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“思ひつつぬればや人の見えつらむ夢としりせば覚めざらましを”
小野小町 (825–900) said by 900 at the latest wikiquote:ja, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Amongst the kings of Sind and Hind none treats the Muslims who are established in their domains with more distinction than the Ballahara.”
Al-Masudi (896–957) said by 957 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“かくばかりねであかしつる春の夜にいかにみえつる夢にかあるらむ”
大中臣能宣 (921–991) said by 991 at the latest wikiquote:ja, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“物思ふとすぐる月日もしらぬまに今年はけふにはてぬとかきく”
藤原敦忠 (906–943) said by 943 at the latest wikiquote:ja, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“いにしへは散るをや人の惜しみけむ花こそ今は昔恋ふらし”
藤原伊尹 (924–972) said by 972 at the latest wikiquote:ja, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The reason why Multán is designated "the boundary of the house of gold" is, that the Muhammadans, though poor at the time they conquered the place, enriched themselves by the gold which they found in it.”
Ibn Hawqal (943–978) said by 978 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Excess of knowledge does not make one great scholar, rather savant is that, who acting on his knowledge adheres to Sunnah may amount of his knowledge be little.”
Ibrahim Khawas (died 904) said by 904 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source