Never travel by sea when you can go by land.
CATO THE YOUNGERI would not be beholden to a tyrant, for his acts of tyranny.
More Cato the Younger Quotes
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All have the gift of speech, but few are possessed of wisdom.
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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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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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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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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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I think the first wisdom is to restrain the tongue.
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Do not expect good from another’s death.
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In conversation avoid the extremes of forwardness and reserve.
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The best way to keep good acts in memory is to refresh them with new.
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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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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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The primary virtue is: hold your tongue; who knows how to keep quiet is close to God.
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I would not be beholden to a tyrant, for his acts of tyranny.
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This is my firm persuasion, that since the human soul exerts itself with so great activity.
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Flee sloth; for the indolence of the soul is the decay of the body.
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