After I’m dead I’d rather have people ask why I have no monument than why I have one.
CATO THE ELDERAfter I’m dead I’d rather have people ask why I have no monument than why I have one.
CATO THE ELDERTis sometimes the height of wisdom to feign stupidity.
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.
CATO THE ELDERA flourishing country should show its prosperity. “When you go in, look about, so that, when needs be, you can find your way out.
CATO THE ELDERFurthermore, I think Carthage must be destroyed.
CATO THE ELDERSpeech is the gift of all, but the thought of few.
CATO THE ELDERLighter is the wound foreseen.
CATO THE ELDERFrom lightest words sometimes the direst quarrel springs.
CATO THE ELDERWomen want total freedom or rather – to call things by their names – total licence. If you allow them to achieve complete equality with men, do you think they will be easier to live with?
CATO THE ELDERWhen you have observed how the field work has progressed, what things have been done, and what remains undone.
CATO THE ELDEREven though work stops, expenses run on.
CATO THE ELDERWoman is a violent and uncontrolled animal, and it is useless to let go the reins and then expect her not to kick over the traces.
CATO THE ELDERThere is a wide difference between true courage and a mere contempt of life.
CATO THE ELDERMoreover, I consider that Carthage should be destroyed.
CATO THE ELDERThose who are serious in ridiculous matters will be ridiculous in serious matters.
CATO THE ELDERWise 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.
CATO THE ELDER