Quote #8

Be firm or mild as the occasion may require.

More from Cato the Elder

  1. Anger so clouds the mind, that it cannot perceive the truth
  2. Cessation of work is not accompanied by cessation of expenses.
  3. An orator is a good man who is skilled in speaking.
  4. Consider it the greatest of all virtues to restrain the tongue.
  5. An angry man opens his mouth and shuts his eyes.
  6. Vir bonus, dicendi peritus
  7. Ceterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.
  8. Do not expect good from another's death.

All Cato the Elder quotes