Cato the Elder Quotes

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Cessation of work is not accompanied by cessation of expenses.

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

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Cato the Elder

Roman Statesman

Born: 0234-01-01 BC

Died: 0149-01-01 BC

Marcus Porcius Cato (234 BC – 149 BC), Roman statesman, often called "The Censor," Sapiens, Priscus, or Major (the Elder), to distinguish him from Cato the Younger (his great-grandson).More