Ennius was the father of Roman poetry, because he first introduced into Latin the Greek manner and in particular the hexameter metre.
QUINTUS ENNIUSO friend unseen, unborn, unknown, Student of our sweet English tongue, I never indulge in poetics – Unless I am down with rheumatics.
More Quintus Ennius Quotes
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A true friend is a friend when in difficulty.
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The ape, vilest of beasts, how like to us.
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One man by delay restored the state, for he preferred the public safety to idle report.
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One man by delaying saved the state for us.
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The idle mind knows not what it wants.
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They hate whom they fear.
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Don’t ask of your friends what you yourself can do.
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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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The wise man is wise in vain who cannot be wise to his own advantage.
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No one regards what is before his feet; we all gaze at the stars.
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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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A sure friend is known in unsure circumstances.
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Here is he laid to whom for daring deed, nor friend nor foe could render worthy meed.
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A true friend is tested in adversity.
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That is true liberty, which bears a pure and firm breast.
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