Consider it the greatest of all virtues to restrain the tongue.
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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Speak briefly and to the point.
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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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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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Do not expect good from another’s death.
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All have the gift of speech, but few are possessed of wisdom.
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This is my firm persuasion, that since the human soul exerts itself with so great activity.
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Never travel by sea when you can go by land.
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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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Those magistrates who can prevent crime, and do not, in effect encourage it.
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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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A honest man is seldom a vagrant.
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It will make you feel as if you had not eaten, and you can drink as much as you like.
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Wise men are more dependent on fools than fools on wise men.
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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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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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