Quote #4
By delaying he preserved the state.
More from Ennius
- No sooner said than done - so acts your man of worth.
- Let no one pay me honor with tears, nor celebrate my funeral rites with weeping.
- Fortune favours the bold.
- The ape, vilest of beasts, how like to us.
- On the tradtions and heros of ancient times stands firm the Roman state
- No one regards what is before his feet; we all gaze at the stars.
- The idle mind knows not what it is it wants.