No one regards what is before his feet; we all gaze at the stars.
QUINTUS ENNIUSHow can life be worth living, if devoid Of the calm trust reposed by friend in friend? What sweeter joy than in the kindred soul, Whose converse differs not from self-communion?
More Quintus Ennius Quotes
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The wise man is wise in vain who cannot be wise to his own advantage.
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A true friend is a friend when in difficulty.
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O friend unseen, unborn, unknown, Student of our sweet English tongue, I never indulge in poetics – Unless I am down with rheumatics.
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He who civilly shows the way to one who has missed it, is as one who has lighted another’s lamp from his own lamp; it none the less gives light to himself when it burns for the other.
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He who has two languages has two souls.
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Ennius was the father of Roman poetry, because he first introduced into Latin the Greek manner and in particular the hexameter metre.
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A true friend is tested in adversity.
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He whose wisdom cannot help him, gets no good from being wise.
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Let no one weep for me, or celebrate my funeral with mourning; for I still live, as I pass to and fro through the mouths of men.
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How can life be worth living, if devoid Of the calm trust reposed by friend in friend? What sweeter joy than in the kindred soul, Whose converse differs not from self-communion?
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The idle mind knows not what it wants.
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I never indulge in rhyme or stanza Unless I’m in bed with the influenza.
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Let no one pay me honor with tears, nor celebrate my funeral rites with weeping.
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One man by delay restored the state, for he preferred the public safety to idle report.
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Here is he laid to whom for daring deed, nor friend nor foe could render worthy meed.
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