O friend unseen, unborn, unknown, Student of our sweet English tongue, I never indulge in poetics – Unless I am down with rheumatics.
QUINTUS ENNIUSI never indulge in rhyme or stanza Unless I’m in bed with the influenza.
More Quintus Ennius Quotes
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The ape, vilest of beasts, how like to us.
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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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He hath freedom whoso beareth a clean and constant heart within.
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The idle mind knows not what it wants.
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Ennius was the father of Roman poetry, because he first introduced into Latin the Greek manner and in particular the hexameter metre.
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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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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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To open his lips is crime in a plain citizen.
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One man by delaying saved the state for us.
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One man restored our fortunes by delay. [By skilfully avoiding an engagement, Fabius exhausted the resources of the enemy.]
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A true friend is a friend when in difficulty.
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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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No one regards what is before his feet; we all gaze at the stars.
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Whom men fear they hate, and whom they hate, they wish dead.
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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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