The ape, vilest of beasts, how like to us.
QUINTUS ENNIUSWhom men fear they hate, and whom they hate, they wish dead.
More Quintus Ennius Quotes
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To open his lips is crime in a plain citizen.
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A true friend is tested in adversity.
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The idle mind knows not what it wants.
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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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He hath freedom whoso beareth a clean and constant heart within.
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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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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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I never indulge in rhyme or stanza Unless I’m in bed with the influenza.
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He whose wisdom cannot help him, gets no good from being wise.
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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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They hate whom they fear.
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He who has two languages has two souls.
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Let no one pay me honor with tears, nor celebrate my funeral rites with weeping.
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The wise man is wise in vain who cannot be wise to his own advantage.
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