Cato the Elder

Showing quotations 1 to 12 of 12 total After I'm dead I'd rather have people ask why I have no monument than why I have one. Cato the ElderAnger so clouds the mind, that it cannot perceive the truth. Cato the ElderFrom lightest words sometimes the direst quarrel springs. Cato the ElderGrasp the subject, the words will follow. Cato the Elder I think the first virtue is to restrain the tongue; he approaches nearest to gods who knows how to be silent, even though he is in the right. Cato the Elder Lighter is the wound foreseen. Cato the ElderPatience is the greatest of all virtues. Cato the Elder Tis sometimes the height of wisdom to feign stupidity. Cato the ElderWe cannot control the evil tongues of others; but a good life enables us to disregard them. Cato the Elder Wise men profit more from fools than fools from wise men; for the wise men shun the mistakes of fools, but fools do not imitate the successes of the wise. Cato the Elder, from Plutarch, Lives An orator is a good man who is skilled in speaking. Cato the Elder, from Seneca the Elder, ControversiaeEven though work stops, expenses run on. Cato the Elder, On Agriculture

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