No one regards what is before his feet; we all gaze at the stars.
QUINTUS ENNIUSThe idle mind knows not what it wants.
More Quintus Ennius Quotes
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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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A sure friend is known in unsure circumstances.
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One man restored our fortunes by delay. [By skilfully avoiding an engagement, Fabius exhausted the resources of the enemy.]
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One man by delay restored the state, for he preferred the public safety to idle report.
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I never indulge in rhyme or stanza Unless I’m in bed with the influenza.
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He whose wisdom cannot help him, gets no good from being wise.
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The wise man is wise in vain who cannot be wise to his own advantage.
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The idle mind knows not what it wants.
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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 victor is not victorious if the vanquished does not consider himself so
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Whom men fear they hate, and whom they hate, they wish dead.
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Let no one honour me with tears, or bury me with lamentation. Why? Because I fly hither and thither, living in the mouths of me. [Lat., Nemo me lacrymis decoret, nec funera fletu. Faxit cur? Volito vivu’ per ora virum.]
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A true friend is tested in adversity.
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He hath freedom whoso beareth a clean and constant heart within.
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The Roman state stands by ancient customs, and its manhood.
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