One man by delay restored the state, for he preferred the public safety to idle report. [Lat., Unus homo nobis cunctando restituit rem, Non ponebat enim rumores ante salutem.]
Ennius was the father of Roman poetry, because he first introduced into Latin the Greek manner and in particular the hexameter metre. - Quintus Ennius
Ennius was the father of Roman poetry, because he first introduced into Latin the Greek manner and in particular the hexameter metre.
- Quintus Ennius
The wise man is wise in vain who cannot be wise to his own advantage. [Lat., Nequicquam sapere sapientem, qui ipse sibi prodesse non quiret.] - Quintus Ennius
The wise man is wise in vain who cannot be wise to his own advantage. [Lat., Nequicquam sapere sapientem, qui ipse sibi prodesse non quiret.]
He who has two languages has two souls. - Quintus Ennius
He who has two languages has two souls.
A true friend is tested in adversity. - Quintus Ennius
A true friend is tested in adversity.
No one regards what is before his feet; we all gaze at the stars. - Quintus Ennius
No one regards what is before his feet; we all gaze at the stars.
They hate whom they fear. - Quintus Ennius
They hate whom they fear.
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 hi… - Quintus Ennius
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 hi…
The idle mind knows not what it wants. - Quintus Ennius
The idle mind knows not what it wants.
That is true liberty, which bears a pure and firm breast. - Quintus Ennius
That is true liberty, which bears a pure and firm breast.
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