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· <blockquote><a href="http://quotationsbook.com/author/1387/">Quotes by <em>Cato The Elder</em></a></blockquote><br> From <a href="http://quotationsbook.com">Quotations Book</a> ·

Marcus Porcius Cato (234 BC - 149 BC), Roman statesman, surnamed "The Censor," Sapiens, Priscus, or Major (the Elder), to distinguish him from Cato the Younger (his great-grandson). · Can we improve this biography? Write us your version

"Old age has deformities enough of its own. It should never add to them the deformity of vice."

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"I would much rather have men ask why I have no statue than why I have one."

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"After I'm dead I'd rather have people ask why I have no monument than why I have one."

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"It is thus with farming, if you do one thing late, you will be late in all your work."

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"It is a difficult matter to argue with the belly since it has no ears."

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"An angry man opens his mouth and shuts his eyes."

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"I think the first virtue is to restrain the tongue; he approaches nearest to gods who knows how to be silent, even though he is in the right."

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"Grasp the subject, the words will follow."

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"Speech is the gift of all, but the thought of few."

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"The best way to keep good acts in memory is to refresh them with new."

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