Whom men fear they hate, and whom they hate, they wish dead.
QUINTUS ENNIUSWhom men fear they hate, and whom they hate, they wish dead.
QUINTUS ENNIUSA sure friend is known in unsure circumstances.
QUINTUS ENNIUSThe victor is not victorious if the vanquished does not consider himself so
QUINTUS ENNIUSLet no one pay me honor with tears, nor celebrate my funeral rites with weeping.
QUINTUS ENNIUSThey hate whom they fear.
QUINTUS ENNIUSTo open his lips is crime in a plain citizen.
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.
QUINTUS ENNIUSHe 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 ENNIUSLet 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.
QUINTUS ENNIUSHe whose wisdom cannot help him, gets no good from being wise.
QUINTUS ENNIUSEnnius was the father of Roman poetry, because he first introduced into Latin the Greek manner and in particular the hexameter metre.
QUINTUS ENNIUSThe ape, vilest of beasts, how like to us.
QUINTUS ENNIUSI never indulge in rhyme or stanza Unless I’m in bed with the influenza.
QUINTUS ENNIUSThe Roman state stands by ancient customs, and its manhood.
QUINTUS ENNIUSHe hath freedom whoso beareth a clean and constant heart within.
QUINTUS ENNIUSOne man restored our fortunes by delay. [By skilfully avoiding an engagement, Fabius exhausted the resources of the enemy.]
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