All have the gift of speech, but few are possessed of wisdom.
CATO THE YOUNGERTo say that private men have nothing to do with government is to say that private men have nothing to do with their own happiness or misery; that people ought not to concern themselves whether they be naked or clothed, fed or starved, deceived or instructed, protected or destroyed.
More Cato the Younger Quotes
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By Liberty I understand the Power which every Man has over his own Actions, and his Right to enjoy the Fruits of his Labour,
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Never travel by sea when you can go by land.
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For it is but usurpation in him to save, as their rightful lord, the lives of men over whom he has no title to reign.
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Blessed be they as virtuous, who when they feel their virile members swollen with lust, visit a brothel rather than grind at some husband’s private mill.
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In doing nothing men learn to do evil.
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It will make you feel as if you had not eaten, and you can drink as much as you like.
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Those magistrates who can prevent crime, and do not, in effect encourage it.
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Speak briefly and to the point.
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Consider it the greatest of all virtues to restrain the tongue.
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For some people there is no comfort without pain. Thus; we define salvation through suffering. Hence, why we choose people who we know aren’t right for ourselves.
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Do not expect good from another’s death.
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In conversation avoid the extremes of forwardness and reserve.
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Consider in silence whatever any one says: speech both conceals and reveals the inner soul of man.
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It is remarkable that men, when they differ in what they think considerable, will be apt to differ in almost everything else; their difference begets contradiction; contradiction begets heat; heat quickly rises into resentment, rage, and ill-will; thus they differ in affections, as they differ in judgment.
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Bitter are the roots of study, but how sweet their fruit.
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