{"id":83929,"date":"2020-10-28T21:36:39","date_gmt":"2020-10-28T20:36:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/?page_id=83929"},"modified":"2020-10-28T21:36:39","modified_gmt":"2020-10-28T20:36:39","slug":"quotes-of-ennius","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/roman-art-and-culture\/golden-thoughts-of-romans\/quotes-of-ennius\/","title":{"rendered":"Quotes of Ennius"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_87 ez-toc-wrap-left counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Chapters<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/roman-art-and-culture\/golden-thoughts-of-romans\/quotes-of-ennius\/#scipio-africanus-the-elder\" >Scipio Africanus the Elder<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n    <div class=\"ramka_ze_zdjeciem float-right \"\n         style=\"\">\n\n        <div class=\"zdjecie\">\n            <img\n                class=\"ramka-ze-zdjeciem\"\n                src=\"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/ennius-299x400.jpg\"\n                srcset=\"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/ennius-299x400.jpg 299w, https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/ennius-640x855.jpg 640w, https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/ennius.jpg 1200w\"                alt=\"Ennius\"\n                width=\"250\"\n                height=\"334\"\n               \n               \n            \/>\n\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/ennius.jpg\"\n               rel=\"fancybox\"\n               title=\"Ennius\">\n                <div class=\"iover\">\n                    <div class=\"zicon\">\n                        <i class=\"fa fa-search-plus\"><\/i>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\n                    <div class=\"opis\">\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/biographies\/ennius\/\">Ennius<\/a>            <\/div>\n        \n        \n    <\/div>\n    \n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/biographies\/ennius\/\">Ennius<\/a> (<em>Quintus Ennius<\/em>) lived from 239-169 BCE. He was a Roman poet, considered the father of Roman poetry. Only fragments of his works have survived to our times.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"cyt\">\n<li>&#8220;Good deeds misplaced, methinks, are evil deeds&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">latin<\/span>: <em>[Bene facta male locata male facta arbitror]<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">description<\/span>: quoting Ennius.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: <a href=\"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/biographies\/cicero\/\">Cicero<\/a>, <em>De Officiis<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;The victor is not victorious if the vanquished does not consider himself so&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">latin<\/span>: <em>[Qui vincit non est victor nisi victus fatetur]<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: Ennius, <em>Annales<\/em>, XXXI, 493<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;For to fight out a quarrel by force &#8211; it is a thing of boorish boars beloved&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: Ennius, <em>Annales<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;A man who, to one astray, graciously points out the way does it as one lights a torch from his own torch. No less light does it shed for him when he has lit the other&#8217;s&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;All mortals desire themselves to be praised&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">latin<\/span>: <em>[Omnes mortales sese laudarier optant]<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: Augustine of Hippo, <em>De Trinitate<\/em>, XIII, III<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;No one regards what is before his feet; we all gaze at the stars&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">latin<\/span>: <em>[Quod est ante pedes nemo spectat, caeli scrutantur plagas]<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: Cicero, <em>De Divinatione<\/em>, II, XIII<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;The idle mind knows not what it wants&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">latin<\/span>: <em>[Otioso in otio animus nescit quid velit]<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: Aulus Gellius, <em>Noctes Atticae<\/em>, XIX, X<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;The mind wanders unsure, except in that life is lived&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">latin<\/span>: <em>[Incerte errat animus; praeterpropter vitam vivitur]<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: Aulus Gellius, <em>Noctes Atticae<\/em>, XIX, X<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Fortune is given to brave men&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">latin<\/span>: <em>[Fortibus est <a href=\"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/roman-religion\/gods-of-ancient-rome\/list-of-roman-gods\/fortuna\/\">fortuna<\/a> viris data]<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: <a href=\"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/biographies\/macrobius\/\">Macrobius<\/a>, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/roman-religion\/roman-feasts\/saturnalia\/\">Saturnalia<\/a><\/em> VI, I<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Not chaffering war but waging war, not with gold but with iron\u2014thus let us of both sides make trial for our lives&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">latin<\/span>: <em>[Nec cauponantes bellum sed belligerantes; ferro non auro vitam cernamus utrique]<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: Cicero, <em>De Officiis<\/em>, I, XII<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Where the Gauls stealthily, at the time of night when sleep falls on men, attacked the high citadel and of a sudden stained with blood walls and watchers&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">latin<\/span>: <em>[Qua Galli furtim noctu summa arcis adorti, moenia concubia vigilesque repente cruentant]<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: Macrobius, <em>Saturnalia<\/em> I, IV<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Whom none could overcome with iron or gold&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">latin<\/span>: <em>[Quem nemo ferro potuit superare nec auro]<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: Cicero, <em>De Re Publica<\/em>, III, IV<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Neither you nor any man alive shall do this unpunished: no, you shall give recompense to me with your life-blood&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">latin<\/span>: <em>[Nec pol homo quisquam faciet inpune animatus,hoc nec tu; nam mi calido dabis sanguine poenas]<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: Macrobius, <em>Saturnalia<\/em> VI, I<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;And earth who herself bestowed the body takes it back and wastes not a whit&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">latin<\/span>: <em>[Terram corpus quae dederit, ipsam, capere neque dispendi facere hilum]<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: Varro, <em>De Lingua Latina<\/em> V<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Open your eyelids, will you all, and let your brains leave sleep behind&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">latin<\/span>: <em>[Pandite sultis genas et corde relinquite somnum]<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: Festus, <em>De verborum significatione<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;No sooner said than done\u2014so acts your man of worth&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">latin<\/span>: <em>[Dictum factumque facit frux]<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: Priscianus, <em>Ars Prisciani<\/em>, VI<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;The Roman state survives by its ancient customs and its manhood&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">latin<\/span>: <em>[Moribus antiquis res stat Romana virisque]<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: Ennius, <em>Annals<\/em>, V<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;One man, by delaying, restored the state to us. He valued safety more than mob&#8217;s applause; Hence now his glory more resplendent grows&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">latin<\/span>: <em>[Unus homo nobis cunctando restituit rem. Noenum rumores ponebat ante salutem; Ergo plusque magisque viri nunc gloria claret]<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: Cicero, <em>De Senectute<\/em>, IV<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;The ape, vilest of beasts, how like to us!&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">latin<\/span>: <em>[Simia quam similis turpissima bestia nobis!]<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: Cicero, <em>Natura Deorum<\/em>, I, XXXV<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;As a strong horse that has often won on the last lap at Olympia is now resting, tired out by old age&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">latin<\/span>: <em>[Sicut fortis equus, spatio qui saepe supremo; Vicit Olympia, nunc senio confectus quiescit]<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">description<\/span>: Ennius refers here to himself and his work <em>Annals<\/em>, sensing its ending.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: Cicero, <em>De Senectute<\/em>, V<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Whom they fear, they hate. And whom one hates, one hopes to see him dead&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">latin<\/span>: <em>[Quem metuunt oderunt; quem quisque odit, perisse expetit]<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: Cicero, <em>De Officiis<\/em>, II, 23<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Let no one pay me <a href=\"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/roman-religion\/gods-of-ancient-rome\/list-of-roman-gods\/honor\/\">honor<\/a> with tears, nor celebrate my <a href=\"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/roman-society\/roman-funeral\/\">funeral<\/a> rites with weeping. Why? I fly, living, through the mouths of men&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">latin<\/span>: <em>[Nemo me lacrumis decoret neque funera fletu faxit. Cur? volito vivos per ora virum]<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: Cicero, <em>Tusculanae Disputationes<\/em>, I, XV<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"scipio-africanus-the-elder\"><\/span><a title=\"Scipio Africanus the Elder\" href=\"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/biografie\/scypion-afrykanski-starszy\/\">Scipio Africanus the Elder<\/a><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n    <div class=\"ramka_ze_zdjeciem float-right \"\n         style=\"\">\n\n        <div class=\"zdjecie\">\n            <img\n                class=\"ramka-ze-zdjeciem\"\n                src=\"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/scypionek-269x400.jpg\"\n                srcset=\"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/scypionek-269x400.jpg 269w, https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/scypionek-640x953.jpg 640w, https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/scypionek.jpg 1200w\"                alt=\"Scipio Africanus the Elder\"\n                width=\"200\"\n                height=\"298\"\n               \n               \n            \/>\n\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/scypionek.jpg\"\n               rel=\"fancybox\"\n               title=\"Scipio Africanus the Elder\">\n                <div class=\"iover\">\n                    <div class=\"zicon\">\n                        <i class=\"fa fa-search-plus\"><\/i>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\n                    <div class=\"opis\">\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/biographies\/scipio-africanus-the-elder\/\">Scipio Africanus the Elder<\/a>            <\/div>\n        \n        \n    <\/div>\n    \n<p>(<em>Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus Maior<\/em>, 236 &#8211; 184 BCE) &#8211; <span class=\"underlined\">commander during <a title=\"Second Punic War\" href=\"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/wars\/punic-wars\/second-punic-war\/\">the Second Punic War<\/a><\/span>:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"cyt\">\n<li>&#8220;[&#8230;] prepare for war, since you have been unable to endure a peace&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">latin<\/span>: <em>[bellum parate, quoniam pacem pati non potuistis]<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">description<\/span>: words addressed to <a href=\"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/article\/hannibal-barcas-great-enemy-of-romans\/\">Hannibal<\/a> before the <a href=\"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/battles\/battle-of-zama\/\">battle of Zama<\/a> in 202 BCE.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: Livy, <em>Ab Urbe Condita<\/em> XXX, 31<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Thankless country, thou shalt not possess even my bones!&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">latin<\/span>: <em>[Ingrata patria, ne ossa quidem habebis]<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: Valerius Maximus, <em>Factorvm et dictorvm memorabilivm libri Novem<\/em>, V, III<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;The end of the war and hardship was at hand, the spoils of Carthage within reach, and the return home to their native city, to parents, children, wives and household gods&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">latin<\/span>: <em>[Adesse finem belli ac laboris; in manibus esse praedam Carthaginis, reditum domum in patriam ad parentes liberos coniuges penatesque deos]<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">description<\/span>: Scipio&#8217;s words to soldiers before the battle of Zama.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: Livy, <em>Ab Urbe Condita<\/em>, XXX, 32<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;I would rather save the life of one citizen than kill a thousand enemies&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">latin<\/span>: <em>[malle se unum civem servare quam mille hostes occidere]<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: <em><a href=\"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/curiosities\/augustan-history-literary-forgery\/\">Historia Augusta<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/biographies\/antoninus-pius\/\">Antoninus Pius<\/a><\/em>, 9.10<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;[&#8230;] never less at leisure than when at leisure, nor less lonely than when alone&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">latin<\/span>: <em>[numquam se minus otiosum esse, quam cum otiosus; nec minus solum, quam cum solus esset]<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">description<\/span>: according to <a href=\"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/biographies\/cato-the-elder\/\">Cato the Elder<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: Cicero, <em>De Officiis<\/em>, III, I<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;I am mindful of human weakness, and I reflect upon the might of Fortune and know that everything that we do is exposed to a thousand chances&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">latin<\/span>: <em>[Quod ad me attinet, et humanae infirmitatis memini et uim fortunae reputo et omnia quaecumque agimus subiecta esse mille casibus scio]<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">description<\/span>: words addressed to Hannibal before the battle of Zama in 202 BCE.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: Livy, <em>Ab Urbe Condita<\/em>, XXX, 31<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ennius (Quintus Ennius) lived from 239-169 BCE. He was a Roman poet, considered the father of Roman poetry. Only fragments of his works have survived to our times. &#8220;Good deeds misplaced, methinks, are evil deeds&#8221; latin: [Bene facta male locata male facta arbitror] description: quoting Ennius. source: Cicero, De Officiis &#8220;The victor is not victorious [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":39526,"parent":70268,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-83929","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/83929","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=83929"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/83929\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/70268"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39526"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83929"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}