Cato the Elder

Roman senator and historian

Lived from: 234-149 BC

Category: Politics | History and sociology

Quotes: Cato the Elder

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  An angry man opens his mouth and shuts his eyes.

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  Tis sometimes the height of wisdom to feign stupidity.

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  Anger so clouds the mind, that it cannot perceive the truth.

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  Grasp the subject, the words will follow.

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  From lightest words sometimes the direst quarrel springs.

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  We cannot control the evil tongues of others; but a good life enables us to disregard them.

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  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 the successes of the wise.

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  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.

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  Speech is the gift of all, but the thought of few.

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  Wise men learn more from fools than fools from the wise.

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  After I'm dead I'd rather have people ask why I have no monument than why I have one.

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  An orator is a good man who is skilled in speaking.

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  Cessation of work is not accompanied by cessation of expenses.

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  Even though work stops, expenses run on.

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  I would much rather have men ask why I have no statue than why I have one.

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