Moreover, I consider that Carthage should be destroyed.
CATO THE ELDERAn orator is a good man who is skilled in speaking.
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 profit more from fools than fools from wise men; for the wise men shun the mistakes of fools, but fools do not imitate the successes of the wise.
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It is a difficult matter to argue with the belly since it has no ears.
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If you are ruled by mind you are a king; if by body, a slave.
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The public has more interest in the punishment of an injury than he who receives it.
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The hero saves us. Praise the hero! Now, who will save us from the hero?
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Wise men learn more from fools than fools from the wise.
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I can pardon everybody’s mistakes except my own.
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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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When you have observed how the field work has progressed, what things have been done, and what remains undone.
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From lightest words sometimes the direst quarrel springs.
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Furthermore, I think Carthage must be destroyed.
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Anger so clouds the mind that it cannot perceive the truth.
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Woman is a violent and uncontrolled animal, and it is useless to let go the reins and then expect her not to kick over the traces.
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Farming, if you do one thing late, you will be late in all your work.
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