(14 quotes found)
“If you are ruled by mind you are a king; if by body, a slave.”
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.”
“Wise men learn more from fools than fools from the wise.”
“An angry man opens his mouth and shuts his eyes.”
“It is thus with farming: if you do one thing late, you will be late in all your work”
“Speech is the gift of all, but the thought of few.”
“Grasp the subject, the words will follow.”
“Carthage must be destroyed.”
“After I'm dead I'd rather have people ask why I have no monument than why I have one.”
“The best way to keep good acts in memory is to refresh them with new.”
