Quotes from Cato

The primary virtue is: hold your tongue; who knows how to keep quiet is close to God.

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

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

Carthago delenda est

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

Delenda Carthago est.