Good-breeding is the art
Good-breeding is the art of showing men, by external signs, the internal regard we have for them. It arises from good sense, improved by conversing with good company. Cato the Younger
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Good-breeding is the art of showing men, by external signs, the internal regard we have for them. It arises from good sense, improved by conversing with good company. Cato the Younger
Never travel by sea when you can go by land. Cato the Younger
Should anyone attempt to deceive you by false expressions, and not be a true friend at heart, act in the same manner, and thus art will defeat art. [If you would catch a man let him think he is catching you.] Cato the Younger
This is my firm persuasion, that since the human soul exerts itself with so great activity, since it has such a remembrance of the best, such a concern for the future, since it is enriched with so many arts, sciences, and discoveries, it is impossible but the being which contains all these must be immortal. … Read more
Do not expect good from another’s death. Cato the Younger
In conversation avoid the extremes of forwardness and reserve. Cato the Younger
I think the first wisdom is to restrain the tongue. Cato the Younger
I would not be beholden to a tyrant, for his acts of tyranny. For it is but usurpation in him to save, as their rightful lord, the lives of men over whom he has no title to reign. Cato the Younger
Those magistrates who can prevent crime, and do not, in effect encourage it. Cato the Younger
Regard not dreams, since they are but the images of our hopes and fears. Cato the Younger