More from Cato the Elder
The public has more interest in the punishment of an injury than he who receives it.
Cato the ElderCato the Elder He who fears death has already lost the life he covets.
Cato the ElderCato the Elder Woman is a violent and uncontrolled animal, and it is useless to let go the reins and then expect her not to kick over the traces.
Cato the ElderCato the Elder Speech is the gift of all, but the thought of few.
Cato the ElderCato the Elder Grasp the subject, the words will follow.
Cato the ElderCato the Elder Anger so clouds the mind that it cannot perceive the truth.
Cato the ElderCato the Elder From lightest words sometimes the direst quarrel springs.
Cato the ElderCato the Elder You should summon your overseer the next day, and should call for a report of what work has been done in good season and why it has not been possible to complete the rest, and what wine and corn and other crops have been gathered.
Cato the ElderCato the Elder 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.
Cato the ElderCato the Elder The hero saves us. Praise the hero! Now, who will save us from the hero?
Cato the ElderCato the Elder Buy not what you want, but what you have need of; what you do not want is dear at a farthing.
Cato the ElderCato the Elder Lighter is the wound foreseen.
Cato the ElderCato the Elder Wise men learn more from fools than fools from the wise.
Cato the ElderCato the Elder When you have observed how the field work has progressed, what things have been done, and what remains undone.
Cato the ElderCato the Elder You must keep her on a tight rein.
Cato the ElderCato the Elder All mankind rules its women, and we rule all mankind, but our women rule us.
Cato the ElderCato the Elder
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From our community writers
They bleed not in the mouth but through their ink – indelible and dark.
Juana GarciaJuana Garcia I would rather shoot my arrows than keep them in my bow, I would rather risk it all than risk nothing at all.
ShamaShama I wish I knew then all of the things I know now that I am enough.
TMCTMC I feel like I’m on fire, fighting for a moment on respite – I’m not placing bets.
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MoomerMoomer The judgement that people cast on you for how you do or do not appear is nothing more than just a projection of their own wounds.
Taj AroraTaj Arora Be grateful for what you have now, even if it’s not everything you wanted.
Sonia SabnisSonia Sabnis It seems strange how we look in the same mirror, yet what stares back, is so painfully different.
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