No one regards what is before his feet; we all gaze at the stars.
QUINTUS ENNIUSTo open his lips is crime in a plain citizen.
More Quintus Ennius Quotes
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He hath freedom whoso beareth a clean and constant heart within.
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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 victor is not victorious if the vanquished does not consider himself so
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The wise man is wise in vain who cannot be wise to his own advantage.
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Whom men fear they hate, and whom they hate, they wish dead.
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I never indulge in rhyme or stanza Unless I’m in bed with the influenza.
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That is true liberty, which bears a pure and firm breast.
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A true friend is tested in adversity.
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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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One man by delaying saved the state for us.
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Let no one honour me with tears, or bury me with lamentation. Why? Because I fly hither and thither, living in the mouths of me. [Lat., Nemo me lacrymis decoret, nec funera fletu. Faxit cur? Volito vivu’ per ora virum.]
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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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To open his lips is crime in a plain citizen.
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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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