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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.

Quintus Ennius

To open his lips is crime in a plain citizen.
QUINTUS ENNIUS

Citizenship Crime Lips
One man by delay restored the state, for he preferred the public safety to idle report.
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Man Report Safety State
The Roman state stands by ancient customs, and its manhood.
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Ancient Custom Man State
A true friend is distinguished in the crisis of hazard and necessity; when the gallantry of his aid may show the worth of his soul and the loyalty of his heart.
QUINTUS ENNIUS

Friendship Himself Loyalty Necessary Soul Worth
Here is he laid to whom for daring deed, nor friend nor foe could render worthy meed.
QUINTUS ENNIUS

Dare Himself Worth
I never indulge in rhyme or stanza Unless I’m in bed with the influenza.
QUINTUS ENNIUS

Bed Myself Rhyme
Whom men fear they hate, and whom they hate, they wish dead.
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Death Fear Hate Man
A true friend is a friend when in difficulty.
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Difficult Friendship One Liner True
The ape, vilest of beasts, how like to us.
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Animal Beast Similarity
Don’t ask of your friends what you yourself can do.
QUINTUS ENNIUS

Friendship Yourself
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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Father Himself Introduction Poetry
They hate whom they fear.
QUINTUS ENNIUS

Fear Hate
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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Burn Light Miss Oneself Way
One man restored our fortunes by delay. [By skilfully avoiding an engagement, Fabius exhausted the resources of the enemy.]
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Avoid Enemy Engagement Man Resource Restore Skill
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.
QUINTUS ENNIUS

Celebration Cry Funeral Man Mourning Myself
A sure friend is known in unsure circumstances.
QUINTUS ENNIUS

Circumstance Friendship

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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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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