Those who are serious in ridiculous matters will be ridicul… - Cato the Elder

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Those who are serious in ridiculous matters will be ridiculous in serious matters.

Cato the Elder

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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).

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Alternative Names: Marcus Porcius Cato • Marcus Porcius Cato Maior • Marcus Porcius Cato Major • Marcus Porcius Catus • Marcus Porcius Cato Sapiens • Cato Censor • Cato Sapiens • Cato Major • Marcus Portius Cato

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Ceterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.

Let us rise, my friends, and strive to fill,
This little interval, this pause of life
With resolution, friendship and Roman bravery.

Those who commit private theft pass their lives in confinement and fetters; plunderers of the public, in gold and purple.

Those who are serious in ridiculous matters will be ridiculous in serious matters. - Cato the Elder

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