Cato the Elder Quotes

“After I am dead I would rather have men ask why Cato has no monument than why he had one.”

“After I am dead I would rather have men ask why Cato has no monument than why he had one.”

“Cessation of work is not accompanied by cessation of expenses.”

“Sine doctrina vita est quasi mortis imago" [Without learning, life is but the image of death]”

“Death is terrible to Cicero desirable to Cato and indifferent to Socrates.”

“Are you dying?"Cato lit his cigarette. "It's not acute, perhaps, but we're all dying, Harry.”

“Will Cato's alien buddies come en masse and invade Earth? He's not sure but he'll try to keep humanity in the loop.”

“I can pardon everybody's mistakes except my own.”

“He who hesitates is lost.”

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

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