One man by delaying saved the state for us.
QUINTUS ENNIUSThey hate whom they fear.
More Quintus Ennius Quotes
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Whom men fear they hate, and whom they hate, they wish dead.
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The wise man is wise in vain who cannot be wise to his own advantage.
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That is true liberty, which bears a pure and firm breast.
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They hate whom they fear.
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Don’t ask of your friends what you yourself can do.
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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 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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Let no one pay me honor with tears, nor celebrate my funeral rites with weeping.
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He who has two languages has two souls.
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He hath freedom whoso beareth a clean and constant heart within.
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He whose wisdom cannot help him, gets no good from being wise.
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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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A sure friend is known in unsure circumstances.
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The Roman state stands by ancient customs, and its manhood.
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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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