Let no one pay me honor with tears, nor celebrate my funeral rites with weeping. Why? I fly, living, through the mouths of men.
• As quoted by Cicero in Tusculanae Disputationes, Book I, chapter XV, section 34
• As quoted by Cicero in Tusculanae Disputationes, Book I, chapter XV, section 34
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Nemo me lacrumis decoret neque funera fletu
faxit. Cur? volito vivos per ora virum.
— Ennius
What It Means
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faxit. Cur? volito vivos per ora virum." in the context of "Let no one pay me honor with tears, nor celebrate my funeral rites with weeping. Why? I fly, living, through the mouths of men.
• As quoted by Cicero in Tusculanae Disputationes, Book I, chapter XV, section 34" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
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About Ennius
Quintus Ennius (239 B.C. – 169 B.C.) was a writer during the period of the Roman Republic, and is often considered the father of Roman poetry. Although only fragments of his works survive, his influence in Latin literature was significant.
About Ennius
Quintus Ennius (239 B.C. – 169 B.C.) was a writer during the period of the Roman Republic, and is often considered the father of Roman poetry. Although only fragments of his works survive, his influence in Latin literature was significant.
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