Great Quotes
I tripped over a great quote today from Cato the Elder:
- “I think the first virtue is to restrain the tongue; he approaches nearest to God who knows how to be silent, even though he is in the right.” - Cato the Elder, Roman orator & politician (234 BC - 149 BC).
That’s advice I can appreciate, especially since many times I lack the ability to restrain my own tongue.
But personally I think this says it better:
“Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers, for you know that we who teach will be judged with greater strictness. For we all stumble in many ways. And if anyone does not stumble in what he says, he is a perfect man, able also to bridle his whole body. If we put bits into the mouths of horses so that they obey us, we guide their whole bodies as well. Look at the ships also: though they are so large and are driven by strong winds, they are guided by a very small rudder wherever the will of the pilot directs. So also the tongue is a small member, yet it boasts of great things. How great a forest is set ablaze by such a small fire! And the tongue is a fire, a world of unrighteousness.” - James 3.1-6
God trumps Cato, don’t you think?
