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 YOUNGERShould 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.]
More Cato the Younger Quotes
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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 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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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 best way to keep good acts in memory is to refresh them with new.
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This is my firm persuasion, that since the human soul exerts itself with so great activity.
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Don’t promise twice what you can do at once.
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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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Consider it the greatest of all virtues to restrain the tongue.
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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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Never travel by sea when you can go by land.
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A honest man is seldom a vagrant.
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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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Speak briefly and to the point.
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I would not be beholden to a tyrant, for his acts of tyranny.
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Regard not dreams, since they are but the images of our hopes and fears.
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