A sure friend is known in unsure circumstances.
QUINTUS ENNIUSEnnius 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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He whose wisdom cannot help him, gets no good from being wise.
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Whom men fear they hate, and whom they hate, they wish dead.
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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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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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One man by delaying saved the state for us.
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He hath freedom whoso beareth a clean and constant heart within.
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Don’t ask of your friends what you yourself can do.
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The Roman state stands by ancient customs, and its manhood.
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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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Here is he laid to whom for daring deed, nor friend nor foe could render worthy meed.
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They hate whom they fear.
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The wise man is wise in vain who cannot be wise to his own advantage.
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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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