8865. Plutarch. A.D. 46?-A.D. c. 120. John Bartlett, comp. 1919. Familiar Quotations, 10th ed.

John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.


NUMBER:	8865
AUTHOR:	Plutarch (A.D. 46?–A.D. c. 120)
QUOTATION:	Cato instigated the magistrates to punish all offenders, saying that they that did not prevent crimes when they might, encouraged them. 1 Of young men, he liked them that blushed better than those who looked pale.
ATTRIBUTION:	Roman Apophthegms. Cato the Elder.
BIOGRAPHY:	Columbia Encyclopedia.

Note 1.
Pardon one offence, and you encourage the commission of many.—Publius Syrus: Maxim 750. [back]