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4 Quotes for 'Quintus Ennius' in the Database.
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Quintus Ennius Quotes
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May his body rest free from evil.
[Lat., Corpus requiescat a malis.]
Topic: Epitaphs
Source: Tusc. (I, 44), quoted by Cicero
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Whom men fear they hate, and whom they hate, they wish dead.
[Lat., Quem metuont oderunt, quem quisque odit periisse expetit.]
Topic: Hatred
Source: Thyestes, (Atreus log.)
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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.
[Lat., Homo qui erranti comiter monstrat viam,
Quasi lumen de suo lumine accendit, facit:
Nihilominus ipsi luceat, cum illi accenderit.]
Topic: Help
Source: quoted by Cicero in "De Officiis", 1, 16
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One man restored our fortunes by delay. [By skilfully avoiding
an engagement, Fabius exhausted the resources of the enemy.]
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Latin)
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