15 ordspråk av Cato The Elder
Cato The Elder
 After I'm dead I'd rather have people ask why I have no monument than why I have one. |
| An angry man opens his mouth and shuts his eyes. |
| Carthage must be destroyed. |
| Cessation of work is not accompanied by cessation of expenses. |
| From lightest words sometimes the direst quarrel springs. |
| Grasp the subject, the words will follow. |
| 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. |
| If you are ruled by mind you are a king; if by body, a slave. |
| It is a difficult matter to argue with the belly since it has no ears. |
| It is thus with farming: if you do one thing late, you will be late in all your work |
| Old age isn't so bad when you consider the alternatives. |
| Speech is the gift of all, but the thought of few. |
| Speech is the gift of all, but the thought of few. |
| The best way to keep good acts in memory is to refresh them with new. |
| Wise men learn more from fools than fools from the wise. |
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Proverb (1469536 st) Search
Categories (2627 st) Search
Authors (167535 st) Search
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Born (10495 st)
Died (3318 st)
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Lengths
Toplists (6 st)
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