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He hath freedom whoso beareth a clean and constant heart within.

Quintus Ennius

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Quintus Ennius
Ancient Roman Historian
Annalist
Playwright
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Memphis
Tennessee
Quintus Ennius
Quinto Ennio
Ennio
Within
Freedom
Heart
Whoso
Hath
Clean
Constant
Compassion

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He whose wisdom cannot help him, gets no good from being wise.
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One man by delaying saved the state for us.
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He who has two languages has two souls.
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To open his lips is crime in a plain citizen.
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The ape, vilest of beasts, how like to us.
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O friend unseen, unborn, unknown, Student of our sweet English tongue, I never indulge in poetics - Unless I am down with rheumatics.
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Here is he laid to whom for daring deed, nor friend nor foe could render worthy meed.
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A sure friend is known in unsure circumstances.
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No one regards what is before his feet we all gaze at the stars.
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Whom men fear they hate, and whom they hate, they wish dead.
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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.]
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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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A true friend is a friend when in difficulty
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A true friend is tested in adversity.
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