One man restored our fortunes by delay. [By skilfully avoiding an engagement, Fabius exhausted the resources of the enemy.]
QUINTUS ENNIUSHere is he laid to whom for daring deed, nor friend nor foe could render worthy meed.
More Quintus Ennius Quotes
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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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Whom men fear they hate, and whom they hate, they wish dead.
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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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A sure friend is known in unsure circumstances.
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That is true liberty, which bears a pure and firm breast.
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A true friend is a friend when in difficulty.
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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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They hate whom they fear.
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No one regards what is before his feet; we all gaze at the stars.
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The Roman state stands by ancient customs, and its manhood.
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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 ape, vilest of beasts, how like to us.
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One man by delay restored the state, for he preferred the public safety to idle report.
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