| 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.
Cato |
| 7 |
It is sometimes the height of wisdom to feign stupidity.
Cato |
| 6 |
If you are ruled by mind you are a king; if by body, a slave.
Cato
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| 5 |
An angry man opens his mouth and shuts his eyes.
Cato |
| 4 |
Lighter is the wound foreseen.
Cato |
| 3 |
We cannot control the evil tongues of others; but a good life enables us to disregard them.
Cato
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| 2 |
Grasp the subject, the words will follow.
Cato |
| 1 |
Wise men learn more from fools than fools from the wise.
Cato (Quoted in The Life of Cato the Elder by Plutarch) |
