Cato Quotes

21 quotes by 13 authors

What should a wise person do when given a blow? Same as Cato when he was attacked; not fire up or revenge the insult., or… — Seneca the Younger
The agricultural population, says Cato, produces the bravest men, the most valiant soldiers, and a class of citizens the least given of all too evil… — Pliny the Elder
Cato used to assert that wise men profited more by fools than fools by wise men; for that wise men avoided the faults of fools,… — Plutarch
My contact with [Cato] was strange. They're ideologues, like Trotskyites. All questions must be seen and solved within the true faith of libertarianism, the idea… — Nat Hentoff
The dawn is overcast, the morning lowers, And heavily in clouds brings on the day, The great, the important day, big with the fate Of… — Joseph Addison
Conservative think tanks like the Heritage Foundation and Cato Institute have criticized Bush for his big increases in spending, which far exceed those of the… — Jim Cooper
After I am dead, I would rather have men ask why Cato has no monument than why he had one. — Cato the Elder
When confronted by a hungry wolf, it is unwise to goad the beast, as Cato would have us do. But it is equally unwise to… — Marcus Tullius Cicero
Someone praising a man for his foolhardy bravery, Cato, the elder, said, ''There is a wide difference between true courage and a mere contempt of… — Plutarch
He (Cato) used to say that in all his life he never repented but of three things. The first was that he had trusted a… — Plutarch
Like Cato, give his little senate laws, and sit attentive to his own applause. — Alexander Pope
You would make a great teacher. (Grace) Commander to teacher. Why not call me Cato the Elder, and really insult me while youâ€™re at it?… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
Let the Seventy-forth Hunger Games begin, Cato, I think. Let them begin for real. — Suzanne Collins
I'm not their slave," the man mutters. "I am," I say. "That's why I killed Cato... and he killed Thresh... and he killed Clove... and… — Suzanne Collins
I pull the sleeping bag up to his chin and kiss his forehead, not for the audience, but for me. Because I'm so grateful that… — Suzanne Collins
Do it. Before they send those mutts back or something. I don't want to die like Cato," he says. â€œThen you shoot me," I say… — Suzanne Collins
Clove!" Cato's voice is much nearer now. I can tell by the pain in it that he sees her on the ground. "You better run… — Suzanne Collins
Cato kneels beside Clove, spear in hand, begging her to stay with him. In a moment, he will realize it's futile, she can't be saved. — Suzanne Collins
When I was young I was amazed at Plutarch's statement that the elder Cato began at the age of eighty to learn Greek. I am… — W. Somerset Maugham
Cato requested old men not to add the disgrace of wickedness to old age, which was accompanied with many other evils. — Plutarch

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