Speak briefly and to the point.
CATO THE YOUNGERThe Fruits of a Man’s honest Industry are the just Rewards of it, ascertained to him by natural and eternal Equity, as is his Title to use them in the Manner which he thinks fit: And thus, with the above Limitations, every Man is sole Lord and Arbitrer of his own private Actions and Property.
More Cato the Younger Quotes
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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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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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All have the gift of speech, but few are possessed of wisdom.
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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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Consider it the greatest of all virtues to restrain the tongue.
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Good-breeding is the art of showing men, by external signs, the internal regard we have for them. It arises from good sense, improved by conversing with good company.
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Bitter are the roots of study, but how sweet their fruit.
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Flee sloth; for the indolence of the soul is the decay of the body.
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I will begin to speak, when I have that to say which had not better be unsaid.
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Regard not dreams, since they are but the images of our hopes and fears.
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Some have said that it is not the business of private men to meddle with government–a bold and dishonest saying, which is fit to come from no mouth but that of a tyrant or a slave.
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The best way to keep good acts in memory is to refresh them with new.
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Wise men are more dependent on fools than fools on wise men.
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A honest man is seldom a vagrant.
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In conversation avoid the extremes of forwardness and reserve.
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