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I think the first virtue is to restrain the tongue he approaches nearest to gods who knows how to be silent, even though he is in the right.

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Cato the Elder

Marcus Porcius Cato was a Roman statesman, commonly referred to as Censorius, Sapiens, Priscus, or Major, Cato the Elder, or Cato the Censor, known for his conservatism and opposition to Hellenization.

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    Puto, Compescere Linguam prima virtus est ad quam proxime accedit ad deos qui novit tacere quam ut, etiamsi ille per fas est.

    Jag tror att den första dygden är att begränsa den tunga han närmar sig närmast gudar som vet hur han ska tyst, även om han har rätt.

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