Cato the Elder Quotes
Best 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.”
“We cannot control the evil tongues of others; but a good life enables us to disregard them.”
Used as the conclusion to all his speeches. Quotes
“Furthermore, I consider that Carthage must be destroyed.”
Used as the conclusion to all his speeches.
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“The time of reckoning will at length arrive. And when finallly summoned to the bar of God, to give an account of our stewardship, what plea can we have to urge in our defense, if we remain willingly, and obstinately ignorant of the way which leads to life, with such transcendent means of knowing it, and such urgent motives to its pursuit?”
