Cato the Younger

He was a bad man who said that time destroys all things.

— Cato the Younger mortality

via Plutarch, Life of Cato the Younger

Speak briefly and to the point.

— Cato the Younger wisdom

via Plutarch, Life of Cato the Younger 25

Men are born to suffer, but not all bear it with virtue.

— Cato the Younger adversity

Attributed via Plutarch

Cato would rather have been Cato than any of the philosophers before him.

— Cato the Younger virtue

via Plutarch, Life of Cato the Younger 68

Victorious causes pleased the gods, but the defeated one pleased Cato.

— Cato the Younger fate

via Lucan, Pharsalia 1.128

Virtue does not endure through disasters — it is the one thing that cannot be taken away.

— Cato the Younger virtue

Attributed via Plutarch, Life of Cato the Younger 67

Now I am my own master.

— Cato the Younger freedom

via Plutarch, Life of Cato the Younger 70

Wise men profit more from fools than fools from wise men.

— Cato the Younger wisdom

Attributed via Plutarch, Sayings

He who lives well cannot fear death.

— Cato the Younger mortality

Attributed via Plutarch

I prepare for an enemy; I do not fear him.

— Cato the Younger action

Attributed via Plutarch, Life of Cato the Younger 56