Regard not dreams, since they are but the images of our hopes and fears.
CATO THE YOUNGERBy Liberty I understand the Power which every Man has over his own Actions, and his Right to enjoy the Fruits of his Labour,
More Cato the Younger Quotes
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Never travel by sea when you can go by land.
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I think the first wisdom is to restrain the tongue.
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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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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 best way to keep good acts in memory is to refresh them with new.
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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.]
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I would not be beholden to a tyrant, for his acts of tyranny.
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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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In conversation avoid the extremes of forwardness and reserve.
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For it is but usurpation in him to save, as their rightful lord, the lives of men over whom he has no title to reign.
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This is my firm persuasion, that since the human soul exerts itself with so great activity.
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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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The primary virtue is: hold your tongue; who knows how to keep quiet is close to God.
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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.
CATO THE YOUNGER