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Let no one pay me honor with tears, nor celebrate my funeral rites with weeping.

Quintus Ennius

To open his lips is crime in a plain citizen.
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Citizenship Crime Lips
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
He who civilly shows the way to one who has missed it, is as one who has lighted another’s lamp from his own lamp; it none the less gives light to himself when it burns for the other.
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Burn Light Miss Oneself Way
They hate whom they fear.
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Fear Hate
Whom men fear they hate, and whom they hate, they wish dead.
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Death Fear Hate Man
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.
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Friendship Himself Loyalty Necessary Soul Worth
The wise man is wise in vain who cannot be wise to his own advantage.
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Advantage Man Wisdom
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
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
One man by delay restored the state, for he preferred the public safety to idle report.
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Man Report Safety State
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
Here is he laid to whom for daring deed, nor friend nor foe could render worthy meed.
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Dare Himself Worth
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
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
A true friend is a friend when in difficulty.
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Difficult Friendship One Liner True

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