Those magistrates who can prevent crime, and do not, in effect encourage it.
CATO THE YOUNGERDo not expect good from another’s death.
More Cato the Younger Quotes
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Do not expect good from another’s death.
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Wise men are more dependent on fools than fools on wise men.
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This is my firm persuasion, that since the human soul exerts itself with so great activity.
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Speak briefly and to the point.
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Regard not dreams, since they are but the images of our hopes and fears.
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In doing nothing men learn to do evil.
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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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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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I know not what treason is, if sapping and betraying the liberties of a people be not treason.
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For some people there is no comfort without pain. Thus; we define salvation through suffering. Hence, why we choose people who we know aren’t right for ourselves.
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By Liberty I understand the Power which every Man has over his own Actions, and his Right to enjoy the Fruits of his Labour,
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Don’t promise twice what you can do at once.
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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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Consider it the greatest of all virtues to restrain the tongue.
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