Let no one pay me honor with tears, nor celebrate my funeral rites with weeping.
QUINTUS ENNIUSLet 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.
More Quintus Ennius Quotes
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The Roman state stands by ancient customs, and its manhood.
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He who has two languages has two souls.
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To open his lips is crime in a plain citizen.
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A true friend is tested in adversity.
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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 hath freedom whoso beareth a clean and constant heart within.
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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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Whom men fear they hate, and whom they hate, they wish dead.
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They hate whom they fear.
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That is true liberty, which bears a pure and firm breast.
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The victor is not victorious if the vanquished does not consider himself so
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The idle mind knows not what it wants.
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One man by delaying saved the state for us.
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A true friend is a friend when in difficulty.
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He whose wisdom cannot help him, gets no good from being wise.
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