The more you go, the more will the place please you, if it be worth your attention. Give heed to the appearance of the neighbourhood.
CATO THE ELDERTis sometimes the height of wisdom to feign stupidity.
More Cato the Elder Quotes
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An orator is a good man who is skilled in speaking.
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Those who are serious in ridiculous matters will be ridiculous in serious matters.
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Patience is the greatest of all virtues.
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Suffer women once to arrive at an equality with you, and they will from that moment become your superiors.
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Anger so clouds the mind that it cannot perceive the truth.
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We cannot control the evil tongues of others; but a good life enables us to disregard them.
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Lighter is the wound foreseen.
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Speech is the gift of all, but the thought of few.
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I think the first virtue is to restrain the tongue; he approaches nearest to gods who knows how to be silent, even though he is in the right.
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Between the mouth and the morsel many things may happen.
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I can pardon everybody’s mistakes except my own.
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There is a wide difference between true courage and a mere contempt of life.
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The public has more interest in the punishment of an injury than he who receives it.
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He is nearest to the gods who knows how to be silent.
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He who fears death has already lost the life he covets.
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