The idle mind knows not what it wants.
QUINTUS ENNIUSA true friend is a friend when in difficulty.
More Quintus Ennius Quotes
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The ape, vilest of beasts, how like to us.
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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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The wise man is wise in vain who cannot be wise to his own advantage.
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A true friend is tested in adversity.
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Whom men fear they hate, and whom they hate, they wish dead.
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They hate whom they fear.
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The Roman state stands by ancient customs, and its manhood.
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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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One man by delay restored the state, for he preferred the public safety to idle report.
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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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I never indulge in rhyme or stanza Unless I’m in bed with the influenza.
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To open his lips is crime in a plain citizen.
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The victor is not victorious if the vanquished does not consider himself so
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He who has two languages has two souls.
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