Cato the Elder Quotes

Quotes Wise men learn more from fools than fools from the wise. The best way to keep good acts in memory is to refresh them with new. Emas non quod opus est, sed quod necesse est. Quod non opus est, asse carum est. Ceterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam. An angry man opens his mouth and shuts his eyes. An orator is a good man who is skilled in speaking. Anger so clouds the mind, that it cannot perceive the truth Be firm or mild as the occasion may require. Cessation of work is not accompanied by cessation of expenses. Consider it the greatest of all virtues to restrain the tongue. Vir bonus, dicendi peritus Do not expect good from another's death. Don't promise twice what you can do at once. From lightest words sometimes the direst quarrel springs. Grasp the subject, the words will follow. 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. I would much rather have men ask why I have no statue, than why I have one. In conversation avoid the extremes of forwardness and reserve. In doing nothing men learn to do evil. It is a hard matter, my fellow citizens, to argue with the belly, since it has no ears. Lighter is the wound foreseen. Not that I might die learned-but that I might not die unlearned. Old age isn't so bad when you consider the alternatives. Patience is the greatest of all virtues. Should anyone attempt to deceive you by false expressions, and not be a true friend at heart, act in the same manner, and thus art will defeat art. The best way to keep good acts in memory is to refresh them with new. The worst ruler is one who cannot rule himself. 'Tis sometimes the height of wisdom to feign stupidity. We cannot control the evil tongues of others; but a good life enables us to disregard them. Fronte capillata, post est Occasio calva. cato the elder

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