There is a wide difference between true courage and a mere contempt of life.
CATO THE ELDEREven though work stops, expenses run on.
More Cato the Elder Quotes
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After I am dead, I would rather have men ask why Cato has no monument than why he had one.
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Wise men learn more from fools than fools from the wise.
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Anger so clouds the mind that it cannot perceive the truth.
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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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He is nearest to the gods who knows how to be silent.
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We cannot control the evil tongues of others; but a good life enables us to disregard them.
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Farming, if you do one thing late, you will be late in all your work.
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The public has more interest in the punishment of an injury than he who receives it.
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You must keep her on a tight rein.
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Speech is the gift of all, but the thought of few.
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I can pardon everybody’s mistakes except my own.
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Furthermore, I think Carthage must be destroyed.
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An angry man opens his mouth and shuts his eyes.
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The hero saves us. Praise the hero! Now, who will save us from the hero?
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Buy not what you want, but what you have need of; what you do not want is dear at a farthing.
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