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Whom men fear they hate, and whom they hate, they wish dead.

Quintus Ennius

The idle mind knows not what it wants.
QUINTUS ENNIUS

Known Mindset
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.]
QUINTUS ENNIUS

Bury Honor Live Myself Tears
A true friend is a friend when in difficulty.
QUINTUS ENNIUS

Difficult Friendship One Liner True
O friend unseen, unborn, unknown, Student of our sweet English tongue, I never indulge in poetics – Unless I am down with rheumatics.
QUINTUS ENNIUS

Born Friendship Myself Poet
A true friend is tested in adversity.
QUINTUS ENNIUS

Adversity Friendship
One man by delay restored the state, for he preferred the public safety to idle report.
QUINTUS ENNIUS

Man Report Safety State
Whom men fear they hate, and whom they hate, they wish dead.
QUINTUS ENNIUS

Death Fear Hate Man
That is true liberty, which bears a pure and firm breast.
QUINTUS ENNIUS

Liberty One Liner Purity True
A sure friend is known in unsure circumstances.
QUINTUS ENNIUS

Circumstance Friendship
They hate whom they fear.
QUINTUS ENNIUS

Fear Hate
Here is he laid to whom for daring deed, nor friend nor foe could render worthy meed.
QUINTUS ENNIUS

Dare Himself Worth
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.
QUINTUS ENNIUS

Friendship Himself Loyalty Necessary Soul Worth
Let no one pay me honor with tears, nor celebrate my funeral rites with weeping.
QUINTUS ENNIUS

Celebration Cry Honor Pay Tears
Don’t ask of your friends what you yourself can do.
QUINTUS ENNIUS

Friendship Yourself
The wise man is wise in vain who cannot be wise to his own advantage.
QUINTUS ENNIUS

Advantage Man Wisdom
One man by delaying saved the state for us.
QUINTUS ENNIUS

Delay Man Oneself

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