Cato Quotes

Most popular Cato Quotes

Borrow from yourself. - Cato quote.
Borrow from yourself.
— Cato
Oft ill diseases spring from trivial pleasure. - Cato quote.
Oft ill diseases spring from trivial pleasure.
— Cato
After I'm dead I'd rather have people ask why I have no monument than why I have one. - Cato quote.
After I'm dead I'd rather have people ask why I have no monument than why I have one.
— Cato

awards

He approaches nearest to the gods who knows how to be silent, even though he is in the right. - Cato quote.
He approaches nearest to the gods who knows how to be silent, even though he is in the right.
— Cato

silence

I prefer to strive in bravery with the bravest, rather than in wealth with the richest, or in greed with the greediest. - Cato quote.
I prefer to strive in bravery with the bravest, rather than in wealth with the richest, or in greed with the greediest.
— Cato
I think the first virtue is to restrain the tongue; a man approaches nearest to the gods who knows how to be silent, even though he is in the right. - Cato quote.
I think the first virtue is to restrain the tongue; a man approaches nearest to the gods who knows how to be silent, even though he is in the right.
— Cato
Wise men profit more by fools, than fools by wise men; for a wise man avoids the faults of fools, but that fool would not imitate the good example of a wise man. - Cato quote.
Wise men profit more by fools, than fools by wise men; for a wise man avoids the faults of fools, but that fool would not imitate the good example of a wise man.