This is my firm persuasion, that since the human soul exerts itself with so great activity.
CATO THE YOUNGERShould anyone attempt to deceive you by false expressions, and not be a true friend at heart, act in the same manner, and thus art will defeat art. [If you would catch a man let him think he is catching you.]
More Cato the Younger Quotes
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To 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.
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Consider it the greatest of all virtues to restrain the tongue.
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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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It will make you feel as if you had not eaten, and you can drink as much as you like.
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Since it has such a remembrance of the best, such a concern for the future, since it is enriched with so many arts, sciences, and discoveries, it is impossible but the being which contains all these must be immortal.
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I know not what treason is, if sapping and betraying the liberties of a people be not treason.
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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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Flee sloth; for the indolence of the soul is the decay of the body.
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Wise men are more dependent on fools than fools on wise men.
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In conversation avoid the extremes of forwardness and reserve.
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The primary virtue is: hold your tongue; who knows how to keep quiet is close to God.
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I think the first wisdom is to restrain the tongue.
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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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Never travel by sea when you can go by land.
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Speak briefly and to the point.
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