Ennius was the father of Roman poetry, because he first introduced into Latin the Greek manner and in particular the hexameter metre.
QUINTUS ENNIUSThey hate whom they fear.
More Quintus Ennius Quotes
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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.
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Don’t ask of your friends what you yourself can do.
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To open his lips is crime in a plain citizen.
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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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A true friend is a friend when in difficulty.
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The ape, vilest of beasts, how like to us.
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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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A sure friend is known in unsure circumstances.
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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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I never indulge in rhyme or stanza Unless I’m in bed with the influenza.
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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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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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