He who has two languages has two souls.
QUINTUS ENNIUSOne man by delay restored the state, for he preferred the public safety to idle report.
More Quintus Ennius Quotes
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A true friend is a friend when in difficulty.
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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 ape, vilest of beasts, how like to us.
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No one regards what is before his feet; we all gaze at the stars.
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They hate whom they fear.
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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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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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He whose wisdom cannot help him, gets no good from being wise.
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The idle mind knows not what it wants.
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He hath freedom whoso beareth a clean and constant heart within.
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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 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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Whom men fear they hate, and whom they hate, they wish dead.
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