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.
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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Don’t ask of your friends what you yourself can do.
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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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One man by delay restored the state, for he preferred the public safety to idle report.
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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 delaying saved the state for us.
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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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The ape, vilest of beasts, how like to us.
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No one regards what is before his feet; we all gaze at the stars.
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Whom men fear they hate, and whom they hate, they wish dead.
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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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A true friend is tested in adversity.
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A true friend is a friend when in difficulty.
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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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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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That is true liberty, which bears a pure and firm breast.
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