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One man restored our fortunes by delay. [By skilfully avoiding an engagement, Fabius exhausted the resources of the enemy.]

Quintus Ennius

Let no one pay me honor with tears, nor celebrate my funeral rites with weeping.
QUINTUS ENNIUS

Celebration Cry Honor Pay Tears
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?
QUINTUS ENNIUS

Calm Conversation Friendship Life Soul True Worth
They hate whom they fear.
QUINTUS ENNIUS

Fear Hate
No one regards what is before his feet; we all gaze at the stars.
QUINTUS ENNIUS

Feet Inspirational Sight Stars
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
The wise man is wise in vain who cannot be wise to his own advantage.
QUINTUS ENNIUS

Advantage Man Wisdom
That is true liberty, which bears a pure and firm breast.
QUINTUS ENNIUS

Liberty One Liner Purity True
I never indulge in rhyme or stanza Unless I’m in bed with the influenza.
QUINTUS ENNIUS

Bed Myself Rhyme
A true friend is tested in adversity.
QUINTUS ENNIUS

Adversity Friendship
A true friend is a friend when in difficulty.
QUINTUS ENNIUS

Difficult Friendship One Liner True
The Roman state stands by ancient customs, and its manhood.
QUINTUS ENNIUS

Ancient Custom Man State
To open his lips is crime in a plain citizen.
QUINTUS ENNIUS

Citizenship Crime Lips
He who civilly shows the way to one who has missed it, is as one who has lighted another’s lamp from his own lamp; it none the less gives light to himself when it burns for the other.
QUINTUS ENNIUS

Burn Light Miss Oneself Way
One man by delaying saved the state for us.
QUINTUS ENNIUS

Delay Man Oneself
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 sure friend is known in unsure circumstances.
QUINTUS ENNIUS

Circumstance Friendship

One man restored our fortunes by delay. [By skilfully avoiding an engagement, Fabius exhausted the resources of the enemy.]

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