Art, and Industry, as far as by it he hurts not the Society, or any Members of it, by taking from any Member, or by hindering him from enjoying what he himself enjoys.
CATO THE YOUNGERI would not be beholden to a tyrant, for his acts of tyranny.
More Cato the Younger Quotes
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I would not be beholden to a tyrant, for his acts of tyranny.
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Do not expect good from another’s death.
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Flee sloth; for the indolence of the soul is the decay of the body.
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Those magistrates who can prevent crime, and do not, in effect encourage it.
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Wise men are more dependent on fools than fools on wise men.
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Regard not dreams, since they are but the images of our hopes and fears.
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The 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.
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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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This is my firm persuasion, that since the human soul exerts itself with so great activity.
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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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Should 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.]
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Don’t promise twice what you can do at once.
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Bitter are the roots of study, but how sweet their fruit.
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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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In doing nothing men learn to do evil.
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