I will begin to speak, when I have that to say which had not better be unsaid.
CATO THE YOUNGERI will begin to speak, when I have that to say which had not better be unsaid.
CATO THE YOUNGERSpeak briefly and to the point.
CATO THE YOUNGERThose magistrates who can prevent crime, and do not, in effect encourage it.
CATO THE YOUNGERWise men are more dependent on fools than fools on wise men.
CATO THE YOUNGERRegard not dreams, since they are but the images of our hopes and fears.
CATO THE YOUNGERIn doing nothing men learn to do evil.
CATO THE YOUNGERI know not what treason is, if sapping and betraying the liberties of a people be not treason.
CATO THE YOUNGERFlee sloth; for the indolence of the soul is the decay of the body.
CATO THE YOUNGERThe primary virtue is: hold your tongue; who knows how to keep quiet is close to God.
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.
CATO THE YOUNGERSince 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.
CATO THE YOUNGERGood-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.
CATO THE YOUNGERThis is my firm persuasion, that since the human soul exerts itself with so great activity.
CATO THE YOUNGERBlessed 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.
CATO THE YOUNGERNever travel by sea when you can go by land.
CATO THE YOUNGERDon’t promise twice what you can do at once.
CATO THE YOUNGER