He whose wisdom cannot help him, gets no good from being wise.
QUINTUS ENNIUSOne man by delay restored the state, for he preferred the public safety to idle report.
More Quintus Ennius Quotes
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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 wise man is wise in vain who cannot be wise to his own advantage.
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I never indulge in rhyme or stanza Unless I’m in bed with the influenza.
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A sure friend is known in unsure circumstances.
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Don’t ask of your friends what you yourself can do.
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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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One man by delaying saved the state for us.
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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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The ape, vilest of beasts, how like to us.
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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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No one regards what is before his feet; we all gaze at the stars.
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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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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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