"I think the first virtue is to restrain……" — 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

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A man that studieth revenge keeps his own wounds green. — Francis Bacon
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Do not follow vain desires; for verily he who prospers is preserved from lust, greed and anger. — Abu Bakr

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