The public has more interest in the punishment of an injury than he who receives it.
CATO THE ELDERGrasp the subject, the words will follow.
More Cato the Elder Quotes
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Be firm or mild as the occasion may require.
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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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The hero saves us. Praise the hero! Now, who will save us from the hero?
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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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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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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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Tis sometimes the height of wisdom to feign stupidity.
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Speech is the gift of all, but the thought of few.
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You should summon your overseer the next day, and should call for a report of what work has been done in good season and why it has not been possible to complete the rest, and what wine and corn and other crops have been gathered.
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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 angry man opens his mouth and shuts his eyes.
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Furthermore, I think Carthage must be destroyed.
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Farming, if you do one thing late, you will be late in all your work.
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If you are ruled by mind you are a king; if by body, a slave.
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