The Roman state stands by ancient customs, and its manhood.
QUINTUS ENNIUSA true friend is a friend when in difficulty.
More Quintus Ennius Quotes
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Let no one pay me honor with tears, nor celebrate my funeral rites with weeping.
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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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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 tested in adversity.
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The ape, vilest of beasts, how like to us.
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He who has two languages has two souls.
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One man by delaying saved the state for us.
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A sure friend is known in unsure circumstances.
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To open his lips is crime in a plain citizen.
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One man by delay restored the state, for he preferred the public safety to idle report.
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Don’t ask of your friends what you yourself can do.
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Let no one weep for me, or celebrate my funeral with mourning; for I still live, as I pass to and fro through the mouths of men.
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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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The idle mind knows not what it wants.
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