Quote #5

Let no one pay me honor with tears, nor celebrate my funeral rites with weeping.

More from Ennius

  1. By delaying he preserved the state.
  2. The ape, vilest of beasts, how like to us.
  3. No sooner said than done - so acts your man of worth.
  4. No one regards what is before his feet; we all gaze at the stars.
  5. Fortune favours the bold.
  6. The idle mind knows not what it is it wants.
  7. On the tradtions and heros of ancient times stands firm the Roman state

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