In conversation avoid the extremes of forwardness and reserve.
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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In doing nothing men learn to do evil.
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Flee sloth; for the indolence of the soul is the decay of the body.
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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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Speak briefly and to the point.
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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 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.
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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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To say that private men have nothing to do with government is to say that private men have nothing to do with their own happiness or misery; that people ought not to concern themselves whether they be naked or clothed, fed or starved, deceived or instructed, protected or destroyed.
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I think the first wisdom is 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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Bitter are the roots of study, but how sweet their fruit.
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The best way to keep good acts in memory is to refresh them with new.
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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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I would not be beholden to a tyrant, for his acts of tyranny.
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Those magistrates who can prevent crime, and do not, in effect encourage it.
CATO THE YOUNGER