Quotes from Ancient Times
Cato the Elder 234 - 149 BC
Wise men profit more from fools than fools from wise men; for the wise men shun the mistakes of fools, but fools do not imitate the successes of the wise.
Buy not what you want, but what you have need of; what you do not want is dear at a farthing.
Those who are serious in ridiculous matters will be ridiculous in serious matters.
We cannot control the evil tongues of others; but a good life enables us to disregard them.
The public has more interest in the punishment of an injury than he who receives it.
I prefer to do right and get no thanks than to do wrong and receive no punishment.
There is a wide difference between true courage and a mere contempt of life.
Those who are serious in ridiculous matters will be ridiculous in serious matters.
We cannot control the evil tongues of others; but a good life enables us to disregard them.
Tis sometimes the height of wisdom to feign stupidity.
It is a hard matter to save a city in which a fish sells for more than an ox.
All mankind rules its women, and we rule all mankind, but our women rule us.
The best way to keep good acts in memory is to refresh them with new.
Memorable Quotes
If you are ruled by mind you are a king; if by body, a slave.
The worst ruler is one who cannot rule himself.
Tis sometimes the height of wisdom to feign stupidity.
Anger so clouds the mind that it cannot perceive the truth.
An angry man opens his mouth and shuts his eyes.
Patience is the greatest of all virtues.
I can pardon everybody's mistakes except my own.
It is a difficult matter to argue with the belly since it has no ears.
Speech is the gift of all, but the thought of few.
Insightful Quotes cards
Grasp the subject, the words will follow.
He who fears death has already lost the life he covets.
Wise men learn more from fools than fools from the wise.
From lightest words sometimes the direst quarrel springs.
Be firm or mild as the occasion may require.
He is nearest to the gods who knows how to be silent.