One man by delaying saved the state for us.
QUINTUS ENNIUSEnnius was the father of Roman poetry, because he first introduced into Latin the Greek manner and in particular the hexameter metre.
More Quintus Ennius Quotes
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The ape, vilest of beasts, how like to us.
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That is true liberty, which bears a pure and firm breast.
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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 by delay restored the state, for he preferred the public safety to idle report.
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The victor is not victorious if the vanquished does not consider himself so
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A true friend is tested in adversity.
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He hath freedom whoso beareth a clean and constant heart within.
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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 whose wisdom cannot help him, gets no good from being wise.
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A sure friend is known in unsure circumstances.
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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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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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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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Don’t ask of your friends what you yourself can do.
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