We cannot control the evil tongues of others; but a good life enables us to disregard them.
CATO THE ELDERLighter is the wound foreseen.
More Cato the Elder Quotes
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He who fears death has already lost the life he covets.
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I think the first virtue is to restrain the tongue; he approaches nearest to gods who knows how to be silent, even though he is in the right.
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Be firm or mild as the occasion may require.
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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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Furthermore, I think Carthage must be destroyed.
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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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I prefer to do right and get no thanks than to do wrong and receive no punishment.
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Speech is the gift of all, but the thought of few.
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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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Anger so clouds the mind that it cannot perceive the truth.
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He is nearest to the gods who knows how to be silent.
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Farming, if you do one thing late, you will be late in all your work.
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An orator is a good man who is skilled in speaking.
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Cessation of work is not accompanied by cessation of expenses
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You must keep her on a tight rein.
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