We cannot control the evil tongues of others; but a good life enables us to disregard them.
CATO THE ELDERYou must keep her on a tight rein.
More Cato the Elder Quotes
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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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Cessation of work is not accompanied by cessation of expenses
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Grasp the subject, the words will follow.
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A flourishing country should show its prosperity. “When you go in, look about, so that, when needs be, you can find your way out.
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An orator is a good man who is skilled in speaking.
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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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Wise men learn more from fools than fools from the wise.
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From lightest words sometimes the direst quarrel springs.
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The public has more interest in the punishment of an injury than he who receives it.
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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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Lighter is the wound foreseen.
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Anger so clouds the mind that it cannot perceive the truth.
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I prefer to do right and get no thanks than to do wrong and receive no punishment.
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Be firm or mild as the occasion may require.
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An angry man opens his mouth and shuts his eyes.
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