The idle mind knows not what it wants.
QUINTUS ENNIUSLet 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.
More Quintus Ennius Quotes
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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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No one regards what is before his feet; we all gaze at the stars.
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He who has two languages has two souls.
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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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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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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 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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I never indulge in rhyme or stanza Unless I’m in bed with the influenza.
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The wise man is wise in vain who cannot be wise to his own advantage.
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He hath freedom whoso beareth a clean and constant heart within.
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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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He whose wisdom cannot help him, gets no good from being wise.
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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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One man by delay restored the state, for he preferred the public safety to idle report.
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