Quotes by Cato The Elder

I think the first virtue is to restrain the tongue; he approaches near >>

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

Old age has deformities enough of its own. It should never add to them >>

Quotations about Food and Eating

Tomatoes and oregano make it Italian; wine and tarragon make it French >>

We are digging our graves with our teeth. >>

The flesh endures the storms of the present alone; the mind, those of >>

It is a difficult matter to argue with the belly since it has no ears.

Cato The Elder