34 Quotes by 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.

The worst ruler is one who cannot rule himself.

I can pardon everybody’s mistakes except my own.

Buy not what you want, but what you have need of; what you do not want is dear at a farthing.

An angry man opens his mouth and shuts his eyes.

Cessation of work is not accompanied by cessation of expenses.

Anger so clouds the mind that it cannot perceive the truth.

Even though work stops, expenses run on.

It is a difficult matter to argue with the belly since it has no ears.