To open his lips is crime in a plain citizen.
QUINTUS ENNIUSHe hath freedom whoso beareth a clean and constant heart within.
More Quintus Ennius Quotes
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The victor is not victorious if the vanquished does not consider himself so
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The Roman state stands by ancient customs, and its manhood.
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One man by delaying saved the state for us.
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They hate whom they fear.
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He hath freedom whoso beareth a clean and constant heart within.
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No one regards what is before his feet; we all gaze at the stars.
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One man by delay restored the state, for he preferred the public safety to idle report.
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The ape, vilest of beasts, how like to us.
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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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Whom men fear they hate, and whom they hate, they wish dead.
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A sure friend is known in unsure circumstances.
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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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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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Let no one pay me honor with tears, nor celebrate my funeral rites with weeping.
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He who has two languages has two souls.
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