Quote #3
Emas non quod opus est, sed quod necesse est. Quod non opus est, asse carum est.
More from Cato the Elder
- The best way to keep good acts in memory is to refresh them with new.
- Ceterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.
- Wise men learn more from fools than fools from the wise.
- 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.