I never indulge in rhyme or stanza Unless I’m in bed with the influenza.
QUINTUS ENNIUSThat is true liberty, which bears a pure and firm breast.
More Quintus Ennius Quotes
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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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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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The idle mind knows not what it wants.
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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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A true friend is tested in adversity.
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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 who has two languages has two souls.
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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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Let no one pay me honor with tears, nor celebrate my funeral rites with weeping.
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Whom men fear they hate, and whom they hate, they wish dead.
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One man by delay restored the state, for he preferred the public safety to idle report.
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To open his lips is crime in a plain citizen.
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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.
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