Suffer women once to arrive at an equality with you, and they will from that moment become your superiors.
CATO THE ELDEREven though work stops, expenses run on.
More Cato the Elder Quotes
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He is nearest to the gods who knows how to be silent.
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When you have decided to purchase a farm, be careful not to buy rashly; do not spare your visits and be not content with a single tour of inspection.
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Wise men learn more from fools than fools from the wise.
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A flourishing country should show its prosperity. “When you go in, look about, so that, when needs be, you can find your way out.
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Speech is the gift of all, but the thought of few.
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The worst ruler is one who cannot rule himself.
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It is a difficult matter to argue with the belly since it has no ears.
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Even though work stops, expenses run on.
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Wise men profit more from fools than fools from wise men; for the wise men shun the mistakes of fools, but fools do not imitate the successes of the wise.
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Anger so clouds the mind that it cannot perceive the truth.
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The hero saves us. Praise the hero! Now, who will save us from the hero?
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If you are ruled by mind you are a king; if by body, a slave.
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There is a wide difference between true courage and a mere contempt of life.
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Farming, if you do one thing late, you will be late in all your work.
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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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