One man by delay restored the state, for he preferred the public safety to idle report.
QUINTUS ENNIUSHere is he laid to whom for daring deed, nor friend nor foe could render worthy meed.
More Quintus Ennius Quotes
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Don’t ask of your friends what you yourself can do.
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He who has two languages has two souls.
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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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A true friend is tested in adversity.
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The wise man is wise in vain who cannot be wise to his own advantage.
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The idle mind knows not what it wants.
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He hath freedom whoso beareth a clean and constant heart within.
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I never indulge in rhyme or stanza Unless I’m in bed with the influenza.
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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 a friend when in difficulty.
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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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Let no one pay me honor with tears, nor celebrate my funeral rites with weeping.
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They hate whom they fear.
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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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