To open his lips is crime in a plain citizen.
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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One man by delay restored the state, for he preferred the public safety to idle report.
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The Roman state stands by ancient customs, and its manhood.
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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.
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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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I never indulge in rhyme or stanza Unless I’m in bed with the influenza.
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Whom men fear they hate, and whom they hate, they wish dead.
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A true friend is a friend when in difficulty.
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The ape, vilest of beasts, how like to us.
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Don’t ask of your friends what you yourself can do.
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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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They hate whom they fear.
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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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One man restored our fortunes by delay. [By skilfully avoiding an engagement, Fabius exhausted the resources of the enemy.]
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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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