Ennius Quotes

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No one regards what is before his feet; we all gaze at the stars.

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The idle mind knows not what it is it wants.

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The ape, vilest of beast, how like us!
In Latin: Simia, quam similis, turpissima bestia, nobis!

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I never indulge in poetics Unless I am down with rheumatics.

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Whom they fear, they hate; and whom they hate they want dead.

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Who kindly sets a wanderer on his way Does e'en as he lit another's lamp by his: No less shines his, when he his friend's hath lit.

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Not bartering war, but fighting war; By iron and not by gold let each determine their fate.

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The Roman state survives by its ancient customs and its manhood.

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None living shall do this unpunished, nor you;
You shall pay the price to me with warm blood.

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Open your eyes and relinquish the sleep from your hearts.

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One man, by delaying, restored the state to us. He valued safety more than the mob's applause; Hence now his glory more resplendent grows.

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The Roman state stands strong today, due to its ancient morals and noble men.

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There is no fellowship inviolate,
No faith is kept, when kingship is concerned.

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Let no one pay me honor with tears, nor a weeping funeral make. Why? I fly, living, through the mouths of men.

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The ape, vilest of beasts, how like to us!

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Whom none could overcome with iron nor with gold.

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O tyrant Titus Tatius, what a lot you brought upon yourself!

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No sooner said than done — so acts your man of worth.

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He who has conquered is not a conqueror, unless the conquered one acknowledges it.

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As a strong racehorse, which often in the last lap Conquered Olympia; now in old age, fulfilled, finds rest.

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The mind wanders irresolute; life is lived... more or less.

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And the earth, who herself bestowed the body, takes it back and wastes not a whit.

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Your minds that once did stand erect and strong, What madness swerves them from their wonted course?

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On that night the Gauls with stealth attacked the wall-tops of the citadel in the sleep-time, and on a sudden brought bloodshed on the sentinels.

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