Cato the Elder

Found 6 thoughts of Cato the Elder

Lighter is the wound foreseen.

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 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.

Patience is the greatest of all virtues.

Grasp the subject, the words will follow.

An orator is a good man who is skilled in speaking.