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Marcus Porcius Cato Uticensis (/ˈkeɪtoʊ/; 95 BC, Rome – April 46 BC, Utica), commonly known as Cato the Younger (Cato Minor) to distinguish him from his great-grandfather (Cato the Elder), was a statesman in the late Roman Republic, and a follower of the Stoic philosophy. A noted orator, he is remembered for his stubbornness and tenacity (especially in his lengthy conflict with Julius Caesar), as well as his immunity to bribes, his moral integrity, and his famous distaste for the ubiquitous corruption of the period.

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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.

Art, Conversing, Good, Good Company, Men, Regard

Speak briefly and to the point.

Briefly, Point, Speak, Speech

A honest man is seldom a vagrant.

Honest, Men, Seldom, Vagrant, Vagrants

Consider in silence whatever any one says: speech both conceals and reveals the inner soul of man.

Men, Reveals, Says, Silence, Soul

All have the gift of speech, but few are possessed of wisdom.

Gift, Possessed, Speech, Wisdom

I think the first wisdom is to restrain the tongue.

Restrain, Talking, Thinking, Tongue, Wisdom

By Liberty I understand the Power which every Man has over his own Actions, and his Right to enjoy the Fruits of his Labour, Art, and Industry, as far as by it he hurts not the Society, or any Members of it, by taking from any Member, or by hindering him from enjoying what he himself enjoys. The Fruits of a Man's honest Industry are the just Rewards of it, ascertained to him by natural and eternal Equity, as is his Title to use them in the Manner which he thinks fit: And thus, with the above Limitations, every Man is sole Lord and Arbitrer of his own private Actions and Property.

Actions, Art, Hurt, Hurts, Men, Property

Do not expect good from another's death.

Death, Expect, Good

In doing nothing men learn to do evil.

Doing Nothing, Evil, Men, Nothing

For some people there is no comfort without pain. Thus; we define salvation through suffering. Hence, why we choose people who we know aren't right for ourselves.

Define, Hence, Pain, People, Suffering

In conversation avoid the extremes of forwardness and reserve.

Conversation, Extremes, Forwardness, Reserve, Reserves

Some have said that it is not the business of private men to meddle with government--a bold and dishonest saying, which is fit to come from no mouth but that of a tyrant or a slave. To say that private men have nothing to do with government is to say that private men have nothing to do with their own happiness or misery; that people ought not to concern themselves whether they be naked or clothed, fed or starved, deceived or instructed, protected or destroyed.

Clothed, Deceived, Men, Mouth, People, Tyrants

I will begin to speak, when I have that to say which had not better be unsaid.

Begin, Say, Speak, Unsaid

This is my firm persuasion, that since the human soul exerts itself with so great activity, since it has such a remembrance of the best, such a concern for the future, since it is enriched with so many arts, sciences, and discoveries, it is impossible but the being which contains all these must be immortal.

Art, Discovery, Exerts, Immortal, Remembrance, Sciences

I would not be beholden to a tyrant, for his acts of tyranny. For it is but usurpation in him to save, as their rightful lord, the lives of men over whom he has no title to reign.

Beholden, Freedom, Lord, Men, Tyrants

Regard not dreams, since they are but the images of our hopes and fears.

Dream, Hopes, Hopes And Fears, Images, Regard

The best way to keep good acts in memory is to refresh them with new.

Acts, Charity, Keep, Memories, Memory, Way

The cabbage surpasses all other vegetables. If, at a banquet, you wish to dine a lot and enjoy your dinner, then eat as much cabbage as you wish, seasoned with vinegar, before dinner, and likewise after dinner eat some half-dozen leaves. It will make you feel as if you had not eaten, and you can drink as much as you like.

Half, Make, Seasoned, Vegetables, Wish

Flee sloth; for the indolence of the soul is the decay of the body.

Decay, Indolence, Sloth, Soul

Those magistrates who can prevent crime, and do not, in effect encourage it.

Crime, Effect, Effects, Magistrates, Prevent

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