Patience is the greatest of all virtues.
CATO THE ELDER
CATO THE ELDER
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Be firm or mild as the occasion may require.
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Cato the ElderCato the Elder The public has more interest in the punishment of an injury than he who receives it.
Cato the ElderCato the Elder He who fears death has already lost the life he covets.
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Cato the ElderCato the Elder Grasp the subject, the words will follow.
Cato the ElderCato the Elder Anger so clouds the mind that it cannot perceive the truth.
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Cato the ElderCato the Elder 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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