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All that is human must retrograde if it do not advance. Edward Gibbon		Tuesday Sep 29, 2026
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About Marcus Porcius Cato

	Marcus Porcius Cato
	(234-149 BC) Cato the Elder powerful Roman statesman, believed in high morals & simplicity.

Popular Marcus Porcius Cato Quotes

I think the first virtue is to restrain the tongue; he approaches nearest to gods who knows how to be silent, even though he is in the right.

He is nearest to the gods who knows how to be silent.

The worst ruler is one who cannot rule himself.

Definition of an orator: A good man, skilled in speaking. Vir bonus, dicendi peritus

Ended every speech in the Roman senate with the words: For the rest, I wrote that Carthage should be destroyed. Ceterum senseo Carthaginem esse delendam

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