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Cato the Elder


Roman statesman, often called "The Censor," Sapiens, Priscus, or Major, to distinguish him from Cato the Younger.
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Cato the Elder
Patience is the greatest of all virtues.
Cato the Elder quotes
We cannot control the evil tongues of others; but a good life enables us to disregard them.
Cato the Elder
From lightest words sometimes the direst quarrel springs.




Cato the Elder quotes
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.
Cato the Elder
An angry man opens his mouth and shuts his eyes.
Cato the Elder quotes
Not that I might die learned—but that I might not die unlearned.
Cato the Elder
I would much rather have men ask why I have no statue, than why I have one.
Cato the Elder quotes
Wise men learn more from fools than fools from the wise.
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