Be firm or mild as the occasion may require.
CATO THE ELDERBe firm or mild as the occasion may require.
CATO THE ELDERI can pardon everybody’s mistakes except my own.
CATO THE ELDERAn orator is a good man who is skilled in speaking.
CATO THE ELDERThose who are serious in ridiculous matters will be ridiculous in serious matters.
CATO THE ELDERBetween the mouth and the morsel many things may happen.
CATO THE ELDERFrom lightest words sometimes the direst quarrel springs.
CATO THE ELDEREven though work stops, expenses run on.
CATO THE ELDERIt is a difficult matter to argue with the belly since it has no ears.
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 ELDERThe worst ruler is one who cannot rule himself.
CATO THE ELDERMoreover, I consider that Carthage should be destroyed.
CATO THE ELDERAnger so clouds the mind that it cannot perceive the truth.
CATO THE ELDERYou must keep her on a tight rein.
CATO THE ELDERWe cannot control the evil tongues of others; but a good life enables us to disregard them.
CATO THE ELDERSpeech is the gift of all, but the thought of few.
CATO THE ELDERWise men learn more from fools than fools from the wise.
CATO THE ELDER