After I'm dead I'd rather have people ask why I have no monument than why I have one.

Marcus Porcius Cato

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Aedificare diu cogitare oportet. Conserere cogitare non oportet, sed facere oportet.
[Building requires long thought: planting requires not thought but action.]

Marcus Porcius Cato

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Wise men profit more by fools than fools by wise men.

Marcus Porcius Cato

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After I am dead I'd rather have people ask why I have no monument than why I have one.

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The words of the Greeks are born on their lips, but those of the Romans in their hearts.

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Tis sometimes the height of wisdom to feign stupidity.

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We cannot control the evil tongues of others,; but a good life enables us to disregard them.

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Those who are serious in ridiculous matters will be ridiculous in serious matters.

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Carthago delenda est

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He who hesitates is lost.

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