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Here is he laid to whom for daring deed, nor friend nor foe could render worthy meed.

Quintus Ennius

He whose wisdom cannot help him, gets no good from being wise.
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Goodness Help Himself Wisdom
The victor is not victorious if the vanquished does not consider himself so
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Himself Victory
A sure friend is known in unsure circumstances.
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Circumstance Friendship
Don’t ask of your friends what you yourself can do.
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Friendship Yourself
The idle mind knows not what it wants.
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Known Mindset
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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Born Friendship Myself Poet
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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Burn Light Miss Oneself Way
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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Friendship Himself Loyalty Necessary Soul Worth
The Roman state stands by ancient customs, and its manhood.
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Ancient Custom Man State
The wise man is wise in vain who cannot be wise to his own advantage.
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Advantage Man Wisdom
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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Celebration Cry Funeral Man Mourning Myself
One man by delaying saved the state for us.
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Delay Man Oneself
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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Bury Honor Live Myself Tears
He hath freedom whoso beareth a clean and constant heart within.
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Cleaning Freedom Heart
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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Father Himself Introduction Poetry
A true friend is a friend when in difficulty.
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Difficult Friendship One Liner True

Here is he laid to whom for daring deed, nor friend nor foe could render worthy meed.

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