Quote #22
Not that I might die learned-but that I might not die unlearned.
More from Cato the Elder
- Lighter is the wound foreseen.
- Old age isn't so bad when you consider the alternatives.
- It is a hard matter, my fellow citizens, to argue with the belly, since it has no ears.
- Patience is the greatest of all virtues.
- In doing nothing men learn to do evil.
- 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 def…
- In conversation avoid the extremes of forwardness and reserve.
- The worst ruler is one who cannot rule himself.