The wise man is wise in vain who cannot be wise to his own advantage.
QUINTUS ENNIUSThat is true liberty, which bears a pure and firm breast.
More Quintus Ennius Quotes
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No one regards what is before his feet; we all gaze at the stars.
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Whom men fear they hate, and whom they hate, they wish dead.
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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 by delaying saved the state for us.
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He who has two languages has two souls.
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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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Let no one pay me honor with tears, nor celebrate my funeral rites with weeping.
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A sure friend is known in unsure circumstances.
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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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The idle mind knows not what it wants.
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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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A true friend is distinguished in the crisis of hazard and necessity; when the gallantry of his aid may show the worth of his soul and the loyalty of his heart.
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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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