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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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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A true friend is a friend when in difficulty.
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To open his lips is crime in a plain citizen.
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Whom men fear they hate, and whom they hate, they wish dead.
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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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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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The ape, vilest of beasts, how like to us.
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He hath freedom whoso beareth a clean and constant heart within.
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The Roman state stands by ancient customs, and its manhood.
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The idle mind knows not what it wants.
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The wise man is wise in vain who cannot be wise to his own advantage.
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He who has two languages has two souls.
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No one regards what is before his feet; we all gaze at the stars.
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I never indulge in rhyme or stanza Unless I’m in bed with the influenza.
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