Cato Top 10 Quotes


10

From lightest words sometimes the direst quarrel springs.

Cato

9

Buy not what you want, but what you have need of.

Cato (Quoted by Seneca the Elder in Controversiae)

8

Be firm or mild as the occasion may require.

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7

It is sometimes the height of wisdom to feign stupidity.

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6

If you are ruled by mind you are a king; if by body, a slave.

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5

An angry man opens his mouth and shuts his eyes.

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4

Lighter is the wound foreseen.

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3

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

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2

Grasp the subject, the words will follow.

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1

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

Cato (Quoted in The Life of Cato the Elder by Plutarch)

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Cato Biography

Born: 234 BCE
Died: 149 BCE

Cato, also known as Cato the Elder was a ancient Roman statesman. He was famous during his time for being a soldier and an author.



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