By Liberty I understand the Power which every Man has over his own Actions, and his Right to enjoy the Fruits of his Labour,
CATO THE YOUNGERIn conversation avoid the extremes of forwardness and reserve.
More Cato the Younger Quotes
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Flee sloth; for the indolence of the soul is the decay of the body.
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Do not expect good from another’s death.
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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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Consider in silence whatever any one says: speech both conceals and reveals the inner soul of man.
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The best way to keep good acts in memory is to refresh them with new.
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Bitter are the roots of study, but how sweet their fruit.
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Blessed be they as virtuous, who when they feel their virile members swollen with lust, visit a brothel rather than grind at some husband’s private mill.
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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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Don’t promise twice what you can do at once.
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Regard not dreams, since they are but the images of our hopes and fears.
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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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In conversation avoid the extremes of forwardness and reserve.
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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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The primary virtue is: hold your tongue; who knows how to keep quiet is close to God.
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In doing nothing men learn to do evil.
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