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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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O friend unseen, unborn, unknown, Student of our sweet English tongue, I never indulge in poetics – Unless I am down with rheumatics.
QUINTUS ENNIUS

Born Friendship Myself Poet
Let no one pay me honor with tears, nor celebrate my funeral rites with weeping.
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Celebration Cry Honor Pay Tears
A true friend is tested in adversity.
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Adversity Friendship
He who has two languages has two souls.
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Himself Language Soul
The idle mind knows not what it wants.
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Known Mindset
The victor is not victorious if the vanquished does not consider himself so
QUINTUS ENNIUS

Himself Victory
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 ENNIUS

Friendship Himself Loyalty Necessary Soul Worth
The ape, vilest of beasts, how like to us.
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Animal Beast Similarity
That is true liberty, which bears a pure and firm breast.
QUINTUS ENNIUS

Liberty One Liner Purity True
Don’t ask of your friends what you yourself can do.
QUINTUS ENNIUS

Friendship Yourself
A true friend is a friend when in difficulty.
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Difficult Friendship One Liner True
One man restored our fortunes by delay. [By skilfully avoiding an engagement, Fabius exhausted the resources of the enemy.]
QUINTUS ENNIUS

Avoid Enemy Engagement Man Resource Restore Skill
Whom men fear they hate, and whom they hate, they wish dead.
QUINTUS ENNIUS

Death Fear Hate Man
One man by delaying saved the state for us.
QUINTUS ENNIUS

Delay Man Oneself
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
The Roman state stands by ancient customs, and its manhood.
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Ancient Custom Man State

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