Cato the Elder Quotes

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• We cannot control the evil tongues of others; but a good life enables us to disregard them.
• Anger so clouds the mind that it cannot perceive the truth.
• Farming, if you do one thing late, you will be late in all your work.
• It is a difficult matter to argue with the belly since it has no ears.
• Speech is the gift of all, but the thought of few.
• Grasp the subject, the words will follow.
• Those who are serious in ridiculous matters will be ridiculous in serious matters.
• Tis sometimes the height of wisdom to feign stupidity.
• Woman is a violent and uncontrolled animal, and it is useless to let go the reins and then expect her not to kick over the…
• From lightest words sometimes the direst quarrel springs.
• Lighter is the wound foreseen.
• An orator is a good man who is skilled in speaking.
• Moreover, I consider that Carthage should be destroyed.
• 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…
• Even though work stops, expenses run on.
• Furthermore, I think Carthage must be destroyed.
• Cessation of work is not accompanied by cessation of expenses
• After I am dead, I would rather have men ask why Cato has no monument than why he had one.
• Buy not what you want, but what you have need of; what you do not want is dear at a farthing.
• The hero saves us. Praise the hero! Now, who will save us from the hero?

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