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

I never indulge in rhyme or stanza Unless I'm in bed with the influenza.

A true friend is tested in adversity.

That is true liberty, which bears a pure and firm breast.

One man by delaying saved the state for us.

Let no one weep for me, or celebrate my funeral with mourning; for I still live, as I pass to and fro through the mouths of men.

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

A sure friend is known in unsure circumstances.

Whom men fear they hate, and whom they hate, they wish dead

The wise man is wise in vain who cannot be wise to his own advantage.
[Lat., Nequicquam sapere sapientem, qui ipse sibi prodesse non quiret.]

O friend unseen, unborn, unknown, Student of our sweet English tongue, I never indulge in poetics - Unless I am down with rheumatics.

They hate whom they fear.

He who has two languages has two souls.

One man restored our fortunes by delay. [By skilfully avoiding an engagement, Fabius exhausted the resources of the enemy.]

Ennius was the father of Roman poetry, because he first introduced into Latin the Greek manner and in particular the hexameter metre.

To open his lips is crime in a plain citizen.

Amicu certus in re incerta cernitur'
[A true friend is a friend when in difficulty]

The Roman state stands by ancient customs, and its manhood.

Don't ask of your friends what you yourself can do.

Here is he laid to whom for daring deed, nor friend nor foe could render worthy meed.

The victor is not victorious if the vanquished does not consider himself so

He whose wisdom cannot help him, gets no good from being wise.

No one regards what is before his feet; we all gaze at the stars.

He hath freedom whoso beareth clean and constant heart within.

The idle mind knows not what it wants.

The ape, vilest of beasts, how like to us.