I never indulge in rhyme or stanza Unless I’m in bed with the influenza.
QUINTUS ENNIUSWhom men fear they hate, and whom they hate, they wish dead.
More Quintus Ennius Quotes
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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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The ape, vilest of beasts, how like to us.
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The victor is not victorious if the vanquished does not consider himself so
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To open his lips is crime in a plain citizen.
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No one regards what is before his feet; we all gaze at the stars.
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The idle mind knows not what it wants.
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He who has two languages has two souls.
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That is true liberty, which bears a pure and firm breast.
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One man by delay restored the state, for he preferred the public safety to idle report.
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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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Whom men fear they hate, and whom they hate, they wish dead.
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He whose wisdom cannot help him, gets no good from being wise.
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Don’t ask of your friends what you yourself can do.
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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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Ennius was the father of Roman poetry, because he first introduced into Latin the Greek manner and in particular the hexameter metre.
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