Back

Ennius

Quotes

Which one of these four quotes is attributed to Ennius?
- → Having knowledge but lacking the power to express it clearly is no better than never having any ideas at all.
- → The highest proof of virtue is to possess boundless power without abusing it.
- → No one regards what is before his feet; we all gaze at the stars.
- → He hath freedom whoso beareth clean and constant heart within.
[ Click here to find out ]
Pick the quote attributed to Ennius.
- → What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others.
- → Freedom is the sure possession of those alone who have the courage to defend it.
- → Your Constitution is all sail and no anchor.
- → He whose wisdom cannot help him, gets no good from being wise.
[ Click here to find out ]
Select the quotation attributed to Ennius.
- → Where evil habits are once settled, they are more easily broken than mended.
- → What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others.
- → He whose wisdom cannot help him, gets no good from being wise.
- → He hath freedom whoso beareth clean and constant heart within.
[ Click here to find out ]
One of these may be attributed to Ennius. Which one?
- → Time is the wisest counselor of all.
- → Having knowledge but lacking the power to express it clearly is no better than never having any ideas at all.
- → We do not imitate, but are a model to others.
- → To open his lips is crime in a plain citizen.
[ Click here to find out ]
Which one of these belongs to Ennius?
- → The noble simplicity in the works of nature only too often originates in the noble shortsightedness of him who observes it.
- → Freedom is the sure possession of those alone who have the courage to defend it.
- → The highest proof of virtue is to possess boundless power without abusing it.
- → Here is he laid to whom for daring deed, nor friend nor foe could render worthy meed.
[ Click here to find out ]