No sooner said than done—so acts your man of worth.
—Ennius
Topics: Action
Don’t ask of your friends what you yourself can do.
—Ennius
Topics: Friendship, Self-reliance, Confidence
No one regards what is before his feet; we all gaze at the stars.
—Ennius
Topics: Stars
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Plautus (Titus Maccius Plautus) Roman Comic Playwright
Terence Roman Comic Dramatist
Virgil Roman Poet
Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso) Roman Poet
Lucan (Marcus Annaeus Lucanus) Roman Statesman, Poet
Cornelius Nepos Roman Historian
Cato the Elder (Marcus Porcius Cato) Roman Statesman
Lucretius Roman Epicurean Philosopher
Persius Roman Poet
Juvenal Roman Poet