„Einen sicheren Freund erkennt man in einer unsicheren Lage.“
— Quintus Ennius
zitiert bei Cicero, De amicitia 64
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Quintus Ennius
Geburtstag: 16. Juli 239 v.Chr
Todesdatum: 8. Oktober 169 v.Chr
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Quintus Ennius war ein Schriftsteller der Römischen Republik, der oft als Vater der römischen Poesie bezeichnet wird. Obwohl nur Fragmente seiner Werke überlebten, ist sein Einfluss – vor allem als Vermittler griechischer Literatur – auf die lateinische Literatur erheblich: er bevorzugte – im Gegensatz zu Naevius’ Saturnier – den daktylischen Hexameter, der durch ihn in der lateinischen Epik üblich wurde.
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„Zuviel des Guten hat derjenige, der nichts Schlechtes hat.“
— Quintus Ennius
zitiert bei Cicero, De finibus 2, 41
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„Wie ähnlich ist uns der Affe, dieses äußerst scheußliche Tier!“
— Quintus Ennius
zitiert bei Cicero, De Natura Deorum I, 97
„Ich sage, Ajakide, du kannst die Römer besiegen.“
— Quintus Ennius
Annalium VI, 174; Worte der delphischen Phythia zu Pyrrhus vor dem Pyrrhischen Krieg 280-275 v. Chr.
„Who kindly sets a wand'rer on his way
Does e'en as if he lit another's lamp by his:
No less shines his, when he his friend's hath lit.“
— Ennius
As quoted by Cicero in De Officiis, Book I, Chapter XVI - translation by Walter Miller
„As a strong horse that has often won on the last lap at Olympia is now resting, tired out by old age.“
— Ennius
As quoted by Cicero in De Senectute, Chapter V (tr. K. Volk)
„And earth who herself bestowed the body takes it back and wastes not a whit.“
— Ennius
As quoted by Varro in De Lingua Latina, Book V
„Your minds that once did stand erect and strong,
What madness swerves them from their wonted course?“
— Ennius
As quoted by Cicero in De Senectute, Chapter VI (Loeb translation)
„No sooner said than done—so acts your man of worth.“
— Ennius
As quoted by Priscianus in Ars Prisciani, Book VI
„The mind wanders unsure, except in that life is lived.“
— Ennius
As quoted by Aulus Gellius in Noctes Atticae (Attic Nights), Book XIX, Chapter X
„The ape, vilest of beasts, how like to us!“
— Ennius
As quoted by Cicero in De Natura Deorum, Book I, Chapter XXXV
Variant translation: How like us is that ugly brute, the ape!
„Not chaffering war but waging war, not with gold but with iron—thus let us of both sides make trial for our lives“
— Ennius
As quoted by Cicero in De Officiis, Book I, Chapter XII
„Fortune is given to brave men.“
— Ennius
As quoted by Macrobius in Saturnalia, Book VI, Chapter I
„The idle mind knows not what it wants.“
— Ennius
As quoted by Aulus Gellius in Noctes Atticae (Attic Nights), Book XIX, Chapter X
„One man, by delaying, restored the state to us.
He valued safety more than mob's applause;
Hence now his glory more resplendent grows.“
— Ennius
Of Fabius Maximus Cunctator, as quoted by Cicero in De Senectute, Chapter IV (Loeb translation)
„Whom they fear, they hate. And whom one hates, one hopes to see him dead.“
— Ennius
As quoted by Cicero in De Officiis, Book II, Chapter 23
