Wise men are more dependent on fools than fools on wise men.
CATO THE YOUNGERIn conversation avoid the extremes of forwardness and reserve.
More Cato the Younger Quotes
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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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I would not be beholden to a tyrant, for his acts of tyranny.
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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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All have the gift of speech, but few are possessed of wisdom.
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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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I know not what treason is, if sapping and betraying the liberties of a people be not treason.
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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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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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Never travel by sea when you can go by land.
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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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Consider in silence whatever any one says: speech both conceals and reveals the inner soul of man.
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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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The best way to keep good acts in memory is to refresh them with new.
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Speak briefly and to the point.
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