234-149 BC, Roman Statesman, Orator
After I'm dead I'd rather have people ask why I have no monument than why I have one.
Cato The Elder – [Fame]
An angry man opens his mouth and shuts his eyes.
Cato The Elder – [Anger]
Cessation of work is not accompanied by cessation of expenses.
Cato The Elder – [Work]
Grasp the subject, the words will follow.
Cato The Elder – [Speakers and Speaking]
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.
Cato The Elder – [Silence]
I would much rather have men ask why I have no statue than why I have one.
Cato The Elder – [Fame]
If you are ruled by mind you are a king; if by body, a slave.
Cato The Elder – [Control]
It is a difficult matter to argue with the belly since it has no ears.
Cato The Elder – [Food and Eating]
It is thus with farming, if you do one thing late, you will be late in all your work.
Cato The Elder – [Farming and Farmers]
Old age has deformities enough of its own. It should never add to them the deformity of vice.
Cato The Elder – [Age and Aging]
Speech is the gift of all, but the thought of few.
Cato The Elder – [Speech]
The best way to keep good acts in memory is to refresh them with new.
Cato The Elder – [Variety]
Wise men learn more from fools than fools from the wise.
Cato The Elder – [Wisdom]