The Fruits of a Man’s honest Industry are the just Rewards of it, ascertained to him by natural and eternal Equity, as is his Title to use them in the Manner which he thinks fit: And thus, with the above Limitations, every Man is sole Lord and Arbitrer of his own private Actions and Property.
CATO THE YOUNGERFlee sloth; for the indolence of the soul is the decay of the body.
More Cato the Younger Quotes
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It will make you feel as if you had not eaten, and you can drink as much as you like.
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The cabbage surpasses all other vegetables. If, at a banquet, you wish to dine a lot and enjoy your dinner, then eat as much cabbage as you wish, seasoned with vinegar, before dinner, and likewise after dinner eat some half-dozen leaves.
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Some have said that it is not the business of private men to meddle with government–a bold and dishonest saying, which is fit to come from no mouth but that of a tyrant or a slave.
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Do not expect good from another’s death.
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The primary virtue is: hold your tongue; who knows how to keep quiet is close to God.
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Consider it the greatest of all virtues to restrain the tongue.
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Consider in silence whatever any one says: speech both conceals and reveals the inner soul of man.
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Speak briefly and to the point.
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Since it has such a remembrance of the best, such a concern for the future, since it is enriched with so many arts, sciences, and discoveries, it is impossible but the being which contains all these must be immortal.
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In conversation avoid the extremes of forwardness and reserve.
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Good-breeding is the art of showing men, by external signs, the internal regard we have for them. It arises from good sense, improved by conversing with good company.
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Never travel by sea when you can go by land.
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Art, and Industry, as far as by it he hurts not the Society, or any Members of it, by taking from any Member, or by hindering him from enjoying what he himself enjoys.
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Those magistrates who can prevent crime, and do not, in effect encourage it.
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Bitter are the roots of study, but how sweet their fruit.
CATO THE YOUNGER