After I'm dead I'd rather have people ask why I have no monument than why I have one.
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.
gods virtue silent tongue
We cannot control the evil tongues of others but a good life enables us to disregard them.
life control evil good guncontrol
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.
mistakes men wise fools profit
An angry man opens his mouth and shuts his eyes.
man angry eyes mouth
If you are ruled by mind you are a king; if by body, a slave.
mind body king slave
It is thus with farming: if you do one thing late, you will be late in all your work
work farming thing
Grasp the subject, the words will follow.
words
Speech is the gift of all, but the thought of few.
thought gift speech
Carthage must be destroyed.
people dead
The best way to keep good acts in memory is to refresh them with new.
memory good
Wise men learn more from fools than fools from the wise.
men wise learn fools
Cessation of work is not accompanied by cessation of expenses.
work
Even though work stops, expenses run on.
I would much rather have men ask why I have no statue than why I have one.
men
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