One man by delay restored the state, for he preferred the public safety to idle report.
QUINTUS ENNIUSThat is true liberty, which bears a pure and firm breast.
More Quintus Ennius Quotes
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Whom men fear they hate, and whom they hate, they wish dead.
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A sure friend is known in unsure circumstances.
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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 hath freedom whoso beareth a clean and constant heart within.
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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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The victor is not victorious if the vanquished does not consider himself so
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He whose wisdom cannot help him, gets no good from being wise.
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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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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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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 a friend when in difficulty.
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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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Here is he laid to whom for daring deed, nor friend nor foe could render worthy meed.
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Don’t ask of your friends what you yourself can do.
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