O friend unseen, unborn, unknown, Student of our sweet English tongue, I never indulge in poetics – Unless I am down with rheumatics.
QUINTUS ENNIUSHe 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.
More Quintus Ennius Quotes
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He who has two languages has two souls.
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They hate whom they fear.
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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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The Roman state stands by ancient customs, and its manhood.
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The idle mind knows not what it wants.
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Don’t ask of your friends what you yourself can do.
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The victor is not victorious if the vanquished does not consider himself so
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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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To open his lips is crime in a plain citizen.
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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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Whom men fear they hate, and whom they hate, they wish dead.
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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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One man by delaying saved the state for us.
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No one regards what is before his feet; we all gaze at the stars.
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A true friend is a friend when in difficulty.
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