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> [ “Aedificare diu cogitare oportet. Conserere cogitare non oportet, sed facere oportet. \[Building requires long thought: planting requires not thought but action.\]” ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-porcius-cato/aedificare-diu-cogitare-oportet-conserere-cogitare-non-oportet-sed/)

Marcus Porcius Cato

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## More by Marcus Porcius Cato

> [I would much rather have men ask why I have no statue than why I have one.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-porcius-cato/i-would-much-rather-have-men-ask-why-i-have-no-statue-than-why-i-have/)

Marcus Porcius Cato

> [“Wise men profit more by fools than fools by wise men.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-porcius-cato/wise-men-profit-more-by-fools-than-fools-by-wise-men/)

Marcus Porcius Cato

> [ “Aedificare diu cogitare oportet. Conserere cogitare non oportet, sed facere oportet. \[Building requires long thought: planting requires not thought but action.\]” ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-porcius-cato/aedificare-diu-cogitare-oportet-conserere-cogitare-non-oportet-sed/)

Marcus Porcius Cato

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