"Those magistrates who can prevent crime, and do not, in effect encourage it."
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Cato the Younger quotes (page 2 of 2)
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"Don't promise twice what you can do at once."
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"Wise men are more dependent on fools than fools on wise men."
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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."
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"I think the first wisdom is to restrain the tongue."
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"The best way to keep good acts in memory is to refresh them with new."
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"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.]"
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"Never travel by sea when you can go by land."
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"Do not expect good from another's death."
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"In conversation avoid the extremes of forwardness and reserve."
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