That is true liberty, which bears a pure and firm breast.
QUINTUS ENNIUSDon’t ask of your friends what you yourself can do.
More Quintus Ennius Quotes
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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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Whom men fear they hate, and whom they hate, they wish dead.
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One man by delaying saved the state for 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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The victor is not victorious if the vanquished does not consider himself so
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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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A sure friend is known in unsure circumstances.
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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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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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Let no one pay me honor with tears, nor celebrate my funeral rites with weeping.
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He whose wisdom cannot help him, gets no good from being wise.
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A true friend is a friend when in difficulty.
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