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 ELDERSuffer women once to arrive at an equality with you, and they will from that moment become your superiors.
CATO THE ELDERHe who fears death has already lost the life he covets.
CATO THE ELDERCessation of work is not accompanied by cessation of expenses
CATO THE ELDERThe public has more interest in the punishment of an injury than he who receives it.
CATO THE ELDERGrasp the subject, the words will follow.
CATO THE ELDERWhen you have observed how the field work has progressed, what things have been done, and what remains undone.
CATO THE ELDERMoreover, I consider that Carthage should be destroyed.
CATO THE ELDERHe is nearest to the gods who knows how to be silent.
CATO THE ELDERBe firm or mild as the occasion may require.
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 ELDERFurthermore, I think Carthage must be destroyed.
CATO THE ELDERFarming, if you do one thing late, you will be late in all your work.
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 ELDEREven though work stops, expenses run on.
CATO THE ELDER