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Don’t ask of your friends what you yourself can do.

Quintus Ennius

He hath freedom whoso beareth a clean and constant heart within.
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Cleaning Freedom Heart
No one regards what is before his feet; we all gaze at the stars.
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Feet Inspirational Sight Stars
The wise man is wise in vain who cannot be wise to his own advantage.
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Advantage Man Wisdom
The ape, vilest of beasts, how like to us.
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Animal Beast Similarity
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
He whose wisdom cannot help him, gets no good from being wise.
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Goodness Help Himself Wisdom
They hate whom they fear.
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Fear Hate
Don’t ask of your friends what you yourself can do.
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Friendship Yourself
One man by delaying saved the state for us.
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Delay Man Oneself
I never indulge in rhyme or stanza Unless I’m in bed with the influenza.
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Bed Myself Rhyme
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
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
He who has two languages has two souls.
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Himself Language Soul
To open his lips is crime in a plain citizen.
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Citizenship Crime Lips
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
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

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