The ape, vilest of beasts, how like to us.
QUINTUS ENNIUSHe whose wisdom cannot help him, gets no good from being wise.
More Quintus Ennius Quotes
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A true friend is tested in adversity.
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One man by delay restored the state, for he preferred the public safety to idle report.
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He whose wisdom cannot help him, gets no good from being wise.
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The idle mind knows not what it wants.
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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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He hath freedom whoso beareth a clean and constant heart within.
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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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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 Roman state stands by ancient customs, and its manhood.
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A true friend is a friend when in difficulty.
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A sure friend is known in unsure circumstances.
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Ennius was the father of Roman poetry, because he first introduced into Latin the Greek manner and in particular the hexameter metre.
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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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He who has two languages has two souls.
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