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 a friend when in difficulty.
More Quintus Ennius Quotes
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They hate whom they fear.
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He whose wisdom cannot help him, gets no good from being wise.
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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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Whom men fear they hate, and whom they hate, they wish dead.
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He hath freedom whoso beareth a clean and constant heart within.
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To open his lips is crime in a plain citizen.
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Let no one pay me honor with tears, nor celebrate my funeral rites with weeping.
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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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I never indulge in rhyme or stanza Unless I’m in bed with the influenza.
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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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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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