He whose wisdom cannot help him, gets no good from being wise.
QUINTUS ENNIUSThey hate whom they fear.
More Quintus Ennius Quotes
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To open his lips is crime in a plain citizen.
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The ape, vilest of beasts, how like to us.
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A true friend is tested in adversity.
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One man by delaying saved the state for us.
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He who has two languages has two souls.
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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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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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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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The wise man is wise in vain who cannot be wise to his own advantage.
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One man by delay restored the state, for he preferred the public safety to idle report.
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That is true liberty, which bears a pure and firm breast.
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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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They hate whom they fear.
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The Roman state stands by ancient customs, and its manhood.
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