I prefer to do right and get no thanks than to do wrong and receive no punishment.
CATO THE ELDERI 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.
More Cato the Elder Quotes
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Tis sometimes the height of wisdom to feign stupidity.
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All mankind rules its women, and we rule all mankind, but our women rule us.
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Patience is the greatest of all virtues.
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Not at all. Once they have achieved equality, they will be your masters . . .
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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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Suffer women once to arrive at an equality with you, and they will from that moment become your superiors.
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He is nearest to the gods who knows how to be silent.
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Those who are serious in ridiculous matters will be ridiculous in serious matters.
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It is a difficult matter to argue with the belly since it has no ears.
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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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We cannot control the evil tongues of others; but a good life enables us to disregard them.
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An orator is a good man who is skilled in speaking.
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Furthermore, I think Carthage must be destroyed.
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Lighter is the wound foreseen.
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