34 Quotes by 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.

Wise men learn more from fools than fools from the wise.

Be firm or mild as the occasion may require.

Speech is the gift of all, but the thought of few.

All mankind rules its women, and we rule all mankind, but our women rule us.

The hero saves us. Praise the hero! Now, who will save us from the hero?

He who fears death has already lost the life he covets.

There is a wide difference between true courage and a mere contempt of life.

Tis sometimes the height of wisdom to feign stupidity.