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.
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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All have the gift of speech, but few are possessed of wisdom.
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Don’t promise twice what you can do at once.
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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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Wise men are more dependent on fools than fools on wise men.
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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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I think the first wisdom is to restrain the tongue.
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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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Flee sloth; for the indolence of the soul is the decay of the body.
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I would not be beholden to a tyrant, for his acts of tyranny.
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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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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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I will begin to speak, when I have that to say which had not better be unsaid.
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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 best way to keep good acts in memory is to refresh them with new.
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