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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?

Quintus Ennius

A true friend is tested in adversity.
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Adversity Friendship
They hate whom they fear.
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Fear Hate
The ape, vilest of beasts, how like to us.
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Animal Beast Similarity
One man by delaying saved the state for us.
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Delay Man Oneself
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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Bury Honor Live Myself 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?
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Calm Conversation Friendship Life Soul True Worth
One man restored our fortunes by delay. [By skilfully avoiding an engagement, Fabius exhausted the resources of the enemy.]
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Avoid Enemy Engagement Man Resource Restore Skill
Let no one pay me honor with tears, nor celebrate my funeral rites with weeping.
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Celebration Cry Honor Pay Tears
A sure friend is known in unsure circumstances.
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Circumstance Friendship
The Roman state stands by ancient customs, and its manhood.
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Ancient Custom Man State
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.
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Burn Light Miss Oneself Way
To open his lips is crime in a plain citizen.
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Citizenship Crime Lips
One man by delay restored the state, for he preferred the public safety to idle report.
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Man Report Safety State
Don’t ask of your friends what you yourself can do.
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Friendship Yourself
O friend unseen, unborn, unknown, Student of our sweet English tongue, I never indulge in poetics – Unless I am down with rheumatics.
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Born Friendship Myself Poet
He whose wisdom cannot help him, gets no good from being wise.
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Goodness Help Himself Wisdom

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