He is nearest to the gods who knows how to be silent.
CATO THE ELDERWomen want total freedom or rather – to call things by their names – total licence. If you allow them to achieve complete equality with men, do you think they will be easier to live with?
More Cato the Elder Quotes
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Moreover, I consider that Carthage should be destroyed.
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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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Be firm or mild as the occasion may require.
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It is a difficult matter to argue with the belly since it has no ears.
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Speech is the gift of all, but the thought of few.
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Those who are serious in ridiculous matters will be ridiculous in serious matters.
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From lightest words sometimes the direst quarrel springs.
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Wise men learn more from fools than fools from the wise.
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All mankind rules its women, and we rule all mankind, but our women rule us.
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He who fears death has already lost the life he covets.
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There is a wide difference between true courage and a mere contempt of life.
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Furthermore, I think Carthage must be destroyed.
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Lighter is the wound foreseen.
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After I’m dead I’d rather have people ask why I have no monument than why I have one.
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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.
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