A sure friend is known in unsure circumstances.
QUINTUS ENNIUSTo open his lips is crime in a plain citizen.
More Quintus Ennius Quotes
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I never indulge in rhyme or stanza Unless I’m in bed with the influenza.
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Whom men fear they hate, and whom they hate, they wish dead.
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Don’t ask of your friends what you yourself can do.
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He hath freedom whoso beareth a clean and constant heart within.
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No one regards what is before his feet; we all gaze at the stars.
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The idle mind knows not what it wants.
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One man by delay restored the state, for he preferred the public safety to idle report.
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A true friend is tested in adversity.
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The wise man is wise in vain who cannot be wise to his own advantage.
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Let no one pay me honor with tears, nor celebrate my funeral rites with weeping.
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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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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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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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One man restored our fortunes by delay. [By skilfully avoiding an engagement, Fabius exhausted the resources of the enemy.]
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