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title: "1 True Liberty Quotes By Quintus Ennius"
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> [That is true liberty, which bears a pure and firm breast.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quintus-ennius/that-is-true-liberty-which-bears-a-pure-and-firm-breast/)

[Quintus Ennius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quintus-ennius/)

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## More by Quintus Ennius

> [They hate whom they fear.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quintus-ennius/they-hate-whom-they-fear/)

[Quintus Ennius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quintus-ennius/)

> [Let no one honour me with tears, or bury me with lamentation. Why? Because I fly hither and thither, living in the mouths of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quintus-ennius/let-no-one-honour-me-with-tears-or-bury-me-with-lamentation-why/)

[Quintus Ennius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quintus-ennius/)

> [To later Romans Ennius was the personification of the spirit of early Rome; by them he was called "The Father of Roman Poetry." We…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quintus-ennius/to-later-romans-ennius-was-the-personification-of-the-spirit-of-early/)

[Quintus Ennius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quintus-ennius/)

> [I never indulge in rhyme or stanza Unless I'm in bed with the influenza.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quintus-ennius/i-never-indulge-in-rhyme-or-stanza-unless-i-m-in-bed-with-the/)

[Quintus Ennius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quintus-ennius/)

> [A true friend is tested in adversity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quintus-ennius/a-true-friend-is-tested-in-adversity/)

[Quintus Ennius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quintus-ennius/)

> [Don't ask of your friends what you yourself can do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quintus-ennius/don-t-ask-of-your-friends-what-you-yourself-can-do/)

[Quintus Ennius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quintus-ennius/)

> [Whom men fear they hate, and whom they hate, they wish dead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quintus-ennius/whom-men-fear-they-hate-and-whom-they-hate-they-wish-dead/)

[Quintus Ennius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quintus-ennius/)

> [Ennius was the father of Roman poetry, because he first introduced into Latin the Greek manner and in particular the hexameter metre.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quintus-ennius/ennius-was-the-father-of-roman-poetry-because-he-first-introduced/)

[Quintus Ennius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quintus-ennius/)

> [He who has two languages has two souls.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quintus-ennius/he-who-has-two-languages-has-two-souls/)

[Quintus Ennius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quintus-ennius/)

> [Here is he laid to whom for daring deed, nor friend nor foe could render worthy meed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quintus-ennius/here-is-he-laid-to-whom-for-daring-deed-nor-friend-nor-foe-could/)

[Quintus Ennius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quintus-ennius/the-wise-man-is-wise-in-vain-who-cannot-be-wise-to-his-own-advantage/)

[Quintus Ennius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quintus-ennius/)

> [ “Amicu certus in re incerta cernitur' \[A true friend is a friend when in difficulty\]” ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quintus-ennius/amicu-certus-in-re-incerta-cernitur-a-true-friend-is-a-friend-when-in/)

[Quintus Ennius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quintus-ennius/)

> [A sure friend is known in unsure circumstances.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quintus-ennius/a-sure-friend-is-known-in-unsure-circumstances/)

[Quintus Ennius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quintus-ennius/)

> [He whose wisdom cannot help him, gets no good from being wise.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quintus-ennius/he-whose-wisdom-cannot-help-him-gets-no-good-from-being-wise/)

[Quintus Ennius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quintus-ennius/he-who-civilly-shows-the-way-to-one-who-has-missed-it-is-as-one-who/)

[Quintus Ennius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quintus-ennius/)

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