Quintus Ennius on dare
Quintus Ennius30 quotes“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.
Quintus EnniusQuintus Ennius No one regards what is before his feet; we all gaze at the stars.
Quintus EnniusQuintus Ennius The victor is not victorious if the vanquished does not consider himself so
Quintus EnniusQuintus Ennius To open his lips is crime in a plain citizen.
Quintus EnniusQuintus Ennius The Roman state stands by ancient customs, and its manhood.
Quintus EnniusQuintus Ennius 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.
Quintus EnniusQuintus Ennius Ennius was the father of Roman poetry, because he first introduced into Latin the Greek manner and in particular the hexameter metre.
Quintus EnniusQuintus Ennius Don’t ask of your friends what you yourself can do.
Quintus EnniusQuintus Ennius They hate whom they fear.
Quintus EnniusQuintus Ennius Let no one pay me honor with tears, nor celebrate my funeral rites with weeping.
Quintus EnniusQuintus Ennius 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.]
Quintus EnniusQuintus Ennius He hath freedom whoso beareth a clean and constant heart within.
Quintus EnniusQuintus Ennius 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 EnniusQuintus Ennius He who has two languages has two souls.
Quintus EnniusQuintus Ennius The ape, vilest of beasts, how like to us.
Quintus EnniusQuintus Ennius I never indulge in rhyme or stanza Unless I’m in bed with the influenza.
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