How can life be worth living, if devoid Of the calm trust reposed by friend in friend? What sweeter joy than in the kindred soul, Whose converse differs not from self-communion? — Quintus Ennius Copy Share Image
Let no one honour me with tears, or bury me with lamentation. Why? Because I fly hither and thither, living in the mouths of… — Quintus Ennius Copy Share Image
To later Romans Ennius was the personification of the spirit of early Rome; by them he was called "The Father of Roman Poetry." We must remember how truly Greek he was in his point of view. He set the example for later Latin poetry by writing the first epic of Rome in Greek hexameter verses instead of in the old… — Quintus Ennius Copy Share
I never indulge in rhyme or stanza Unless I'm in bed with the influenza. — Quintus Ennius Copy Share Image
Ennius was the father of Roman poetry, because he first introduced into Latin the Greek manner and in particular the hexameter metre. — Quintus Ennius Copy Share Image
Here is he laid to whom for daring deed, nor friend nor foe could render worthy meed. — Quintus Ennius Copy Share Image
The wise man is wise in vain who cannot be wise to his own advantage. [Lat., Nequicquam sapere sapientem, qui ipse sibi prodesse non… — Quintus Ennius Copy Share Image
“Amicu certus in re incerta cernitur' [A true friend is a friend when in difficulty]” — Quintus Ennius Copy Share Image
![“Let no one honour me with tears, or bury me with lamentation. Why? Because I fly hither and thither, living in the mouths of me. [Lat., Nemo me lacrymis decoret, nec funera fletu. Faxit cur? Volito vivu' per ora virum.]” quote by Quintus Ennius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/e85/quintus-ennius-20214_honour_let-no-one-honour-me-with-tears-or-bury_133264.jpg)
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