Do not expect good from another’s death.
CATO THE YOUNGERThe 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.
More Cato the Younger Quotes
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Don’t promise twice what you can do at once.
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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 it the greatest of all virtues to restrain the tongue.
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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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A honest man is seldom a vagrant.
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Flee sloth; for the indolence of the soul is the decay of the body.
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This is my firm persuasion, that since the human soul exerts itself with so great activity.
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Good-breeding is the art of showing men, by external signs, the internal regard we have for them. It arises from good sense, improved by conversing with good company.
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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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All have the gift of speech, but few are possessed of wisdom.
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I would not be beholden to a tyrant, for his acts of tyranny.
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In conversation avoid the extremes of forwardness and reserve.
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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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Regard not dreams, since they are but the images of our hopes and fears.
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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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