The Roman state stands by ancient customs, and its manhood.
QUINTUS ENNIUSOne man by delaying saved the state for us.
More Quintus Ennius Quotes
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The ape, vilest of beasts, how like to us.
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That is true liberty, which bears a pure and firm breast.
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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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The victor is not victorious if the vanquished does not consider himself so
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No one regards what is before his feet; we all gaze at the stars.
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He hath freedom whoso beareth a clean and constant heart within.
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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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He whose wisdom cannot help him, gets no good from being wise.
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Let no one pay me honor with tears, nor celebrate my funeral rites with weeping.
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A true friend is tested in adversity.
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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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Whom men fear they hate, and whom they hate, they wish dead.
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I never indulge in rhyme or stanza Unless I’m in bed with the influenza.
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