The ape, vilest of beasts, how like to us.
QUINTUS ENNIUSA 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.
More Quintus Ennius Quotes
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The Roman state stands by ancient customs, and its manhood.
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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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Let no one pay me honor with tears, nor celebrate my funeral rites with weeping.
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Whom men fear they hate, and whom they hate, they wish dead.
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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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No one regards what is before his feet; we all gaze at the stars.
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Don’t ask of your friends what you yourself can do.
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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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He whose wisdom cannot help him, gets no good from being wise.
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They hate whom they fear.
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A true friend is a friend when in difficulty.
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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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He who has two languages has two souls.
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The victor is not victorious if the vanquished does not consider himself so
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