Buy not what you want, but what you have need of; what you do not want is dear at a farthing.
CATO THE ELDERBuy not what you want, but what you have need of; what you do not want is dear at a farthing.
CATO THE ELDERI can pardon everybody’s mistakes except my own.
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 ELDERAfter I’m dead I’d rather have people ask why I have no monument than why I have one.
CATO THE ELDERAn angry man opens his mouth and shuts his eyes.
CATO THE ELDERBetween the mouth and the morsel many things may happen.
CATO THE ELDERIf you are ruled by mind you are a king; if by body, a slave.
CATO THE ELDERYou 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.
CATO THE ELDERThere is a wide difference between true courage and a mere contempt of life.
CATO THE ELDERThe worst ruler is one who cannot rule himself.
CATO THE ELDERSpeech is the gift of all, but the thought of few.
CATO THE ELDERNot at all. Once they have achieved equality, they will be your masters . . .
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 ELDERAfter I am dead, I would rather have men ask why Cato has no monument than why he had one.
CATO THE ELDERWise men learn more from fools than fools from the wise.
CATO THE ELDER