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