I know not what treason is, if sapping and betraying the liberties of a people be not treason.
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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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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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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Bitter are the roots of study, but how sweet their fruit.
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All have the gift of speech, but few are possessed of wisdom.
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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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In conversation avoid the extremes of forwardness and reserve.
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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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I would not be beholden to a tyrant, for his acts of tyranny.
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This is my firm persuasion, that since the human soul exerts itself with so great activity.
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I think the first wisdom is to restrain the tongue.
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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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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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Regard not dreams, since they are but the images of our hopes and fears.
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