The idle mind knows not what it wants.
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.
- Quintus Ennius
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.
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 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.]
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.
They hate whom they fear. - Quintus Ennius
They hate whom they fear.
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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