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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, Art, and Industry, as far as by it he hurts not the Society, or any Members…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cato-the-younger/by-liberty-i-understand-the-power-which-every-man-has-over-his-own/)

[Cato the Younger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cato-the-younger/)

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## More by Cato the Younger

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cato-the-younger/blessed-be-they-as-virtuous-who-when-they-feel-their-virile-members/)

[Cato the Younger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cato-the-younger/)

> [The cabbage surpasses all other vegetables. If, at a banquet, you wish to dine a lot and enjoy your dinner, then eat as much…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cato-the-younger/the-cabbage-surpasses-all-other-vegetables-if-at-a-banquet-you-wish/)

[Cato the Younger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cato-the-younger/)

> [Bitter are the roots of study, but how sweet their fruit.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cato-the-younger/bitter-are-the-roots-of-study-but-how-sweet-their-fruit/)

[Cato the Younger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cato-the-younger/)

> [Wise men are more dependent on fools than fools on wise men.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cato-the-younger/wise-men-are-more-dependent-on-fools-than-fools-on-wise-men/)

[Cato the Younger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cato-the-younger/)

> [Consider it the greatest of all virtues to restrain the tongue.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cato-the-younger/consider-it-the-greatest-of-all-virtues-to-restrain-the-tongue/)

[Cato the Younger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cato-the-younger/)

> [I know not what treason is, if sapping and betraying the liberties of a people be not treason.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cato-the-younger/i-know-not-what-treason-is-if-sapping-and-betraying-the-liberties-of/)

[Cato the Younger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cato-the-younger/)

> [Regard not dreams, since they are but the images of our hopes and fears.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cato-the-younger/regard-not-dreams-since-they-are-but-the-images-of-our-hopes-and-fears/)

[Cato the Younger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cato-the-younger/)

> [Consider in silence whatever any one says: speech both conceals and reveals the inner soul of man.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cato-the-younger/consider-in-silence-whatever-any-one-says-speech-both-conceals-and/)

[Cato the Younger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cato-the-younger/)

> [A honest man is seldom a vagrant.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cato-the-younger/a-honest-man-is-seldom-a-vagrant/)

[Cato the Younger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cato-the-younger/)

> [Do not expect good from another's death.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cato-the-younger/do-not-expect-good-from-another-s-death/)

[Cato the Younger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cato-the-younger/)

> [This is my firm persuasion, that since the human soul exerts itself with so great activity, since it has such a remembrance of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cato-the-younger/this-is-my-firm-persuasion-that-since-the-human-soul-exerts-itself/)

[Cato the Younger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cato-the-younger/)

> [Don't promise twice what you can do at once.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cato-the-younger/don-t-promise-twice-what-you-can-do-at-once/)

[Cato the Younger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cato-the-younger/)

> [I will begin to speak, when I have that to say which had not better be unsaid.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cato-the-younger/i-will-begin-to-speak-when-i-have-that-to-say-which-had-not-better-be/)

[Cato the Younger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cato-the-younger/)

> [By Liberty I understand the Power which every Man has over his own Actions, and his Right to enjoy the Fruits of his Labour,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cato-the-younger/by-liberty-i-understand-the-power-which-every-man-has-over-his-own/)

[Cato the Younger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cato-the-younger/)

> [I would not be beholden to a tyrant, for his acts of tyranny. For it is but usurpation in him to save, as their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cato-the-younger/i-would-not-be-beholden-to-a-tyrant-for-his-acts-of-tyranny-for-it-is/)

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