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.
QUINTUS ENNIUSHe 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.
More Quintus Ennius Quotes
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A sure friend is known in unsure circumstances.
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The wise man is wise in vain who cannot be wise to his own advantage.
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They hate whom they fear.
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The idle mind knows not what it wants.
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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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A true friend is distinguished in the crisis of hazard and necessity; when the gallantry of his aid may show the worth of his soul and the loyalty of his heart.
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One man by delay restored the state, for he preferred the public safety to idle report.
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A true friend is tested in adversity.
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The ape, vilest of beasts, how like to us.
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That is true liberty, which bears a pure and firm breast.
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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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Let no one pay me honor with tears, nor celebrate my funeral rites with weeping.
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Don’t ask of your friends what you yourself can do.
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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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