Consider it the greatest of all virtues to restrain the tongue.
CATO THE YOUNGER
CATO THE YOUNGER
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Cato the YoungerCato the Younger I think the first wisdom is to restrain the tongue.
Cato the YoungerCato the Younger This is my firm persuasion, that since the human soul exerts itself with so great activity.
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