After I'm dead I'd rather have people ask why I have no monument than why I have one.
– Cato the Elder
An angry man opens his mouth and shuts his eyes.
– Cato the Elder
Cessation of work is not accompanied by cessation of expenses.
– Cato the Elder
Even though work stops, expenses run on.
– Cato the Elder
Old age isn't so bad when you consider the alternatives.
– Cato the Elder
Anger so clouds the mind, that it cannot perceive the truth.
– Cato the Elder
From lightest words sometimes the direst quarrel springs.
– Cato the Elder
Grasp the subject, the words will follow.
– Cato the Elder
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
Lighter is the wound foreseen.
– Cato the Elder
Patience is the greatest of all virtues.
– Cato the Elder
Tis sometimes the height of wisdom to feign stupidity.
– Cato the Elder
We cannot control the evil tongues of others; but a good life enables us to disregard them.
– Cato the Elder
I would much rather have men ask why I have no statue, than why I have one.
– Cato the Elder
Wise men profit more from fools than fools from wise men; for the wise men shun the mistakes of fools, but fools do not imitate the successes of the wise.
– Cato the Elder
An orator is a good man who is skilled in speaking.