If you are ruled by mind you are a king; if by body, a slave.
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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We cannot control the evil tongues of others; but a good life enables us to disregard them.
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All mankind rules its women, and we rule all mankind, but our women rule us.
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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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Speech is the gift of all, but the thought of few.
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Not at all. Once they have achieved equality, they will be your masters . . .
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He is nearest to the gods who knows how to be silent.
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He who fears death has already lost the life he covets.
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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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Farming, if you do one thing late, you will be late in all your work.
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Between the mouth and the morsel many things may happen.
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Grasp the subject, the words will follow.
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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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After I’m dead I’d rather have people ask why I have no monument than why I have one.
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