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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.

Quintus Ennius

The victor is not victorious if the vanquished does not consider himself so
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Himself Victory
Don’t ask of your friends what you yourself can do.
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Friendship Yourself
He who has two languages has two souls.
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Himself Language Soul
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
I never indulge in rhyme or stanza Unless I’m in bed with the influenza.
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Bed Myself Rhyme
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
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
No one regards what is before his feet; we all gaze at the stars.
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Feet Inspirational Sight Stars
The ape, vilest of beasts, how like to us.
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Animal Beast Similarity
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
Whom men fear they hate, and whom they hate, they wish dead.
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Death Fear Hate Man
One man by delay restored the state, for he preferred the public safety to idle report.
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Man Report Safety State
They hate whom they fear.
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Fear Hate
That is true liberty, which bears a pure and firm breast.
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Liberty One Liner Purity True
A true friend is tested in adversity.
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Adversity Friendship
One man restored our fortunes by delay. [By skilfully avoiding an engagement, Fabius exhausted the resources of the enemy.]
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Avoid Enemy Engagement Man Resource Restore Skill

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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