Should anyone attempt to deceive you by false expressions, and not be a true friend at heart, act in the same manner, and thus art will defeat art. [If you would catch a man let him think he is catching you.]
CATO THE YOUNGERSpeak briefly and to the point.
More Cato the Younger Quotes
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This is my firm persuasion, that since the human soul exerts itself with so great activity.
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It is remarkable that men, when they differ in what they think considerable, will be apt to differ in almost everything else; their difference begets contradiction; contradiction begets heat; heat quickly rises into resentment, rage, and ill-will; thus they differ in affections, as they differ in judgment.
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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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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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Consider in silence whatever any one says: speech both conceals and reveals the inner soul of man.
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Wise men are more dependent on fools than fools on wise men.
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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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The primary virtue is: hold your tongue; who knows how to keep quiet is close to God.
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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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I know not what treason is, if sapping and betraying the liberties of a people be not treason.
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Speak briefly and to the point.
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The best way to keep good acts in memory is to refresh them with new.
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Do not expect good from another’s death.
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I will begin to speak, when I have that to say which had not better be unsaid.
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Consider it the greatest of all virtues to restrain the tongue.
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