Furthermore, I think Carthage must be destroyed.
CATO THE ELDERThe more you go, the more will the place please you, if it be worth your attention. Give heed to the appearance of the neighbourhood.
More Cato the Elder Quotes
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The public has more interest in the punishment of an injury than he who receives it.
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Farming, if you do one thing late, you will be late in all your work.
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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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Speech is the gift of all, but the thought of few.
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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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Anger so clouds the mind that it cannot perceive the truth.
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Those who are serious in ridiculous matters will be ridiculous in serious matters.
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If you are ruled by mind you are a king; if by body, a slave.
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I can pardon everybody’s mistakes except my own.
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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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An orator is a good man who is skilled in speaking.
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An angry man opens his mouth and shuts his eyes.
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The worst ruler is one who cannot rule himself.
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There is a wide difference between true courage and a mere contempt of life.
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Between the mouth and the morsel many things may happen.
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