Suffer women once to arrive at an equality with you, and they will from that moment become your superiors.
CATO THE ELDERWhen you have arrived at your country house and have saluted your household, you should make the rounds of the farm the same day, if possible; if not, then certainly the next day.
More Cato the Elder Quotes
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I prefer to do right and get no thanks than to do wrong and receive no punishment.
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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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I can pardon everybody’s mistakes except my own.
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An orator is a good man who is skilled in speaking.
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Lighter is the wound foreseen.
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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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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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The hero saves us. Praise the hero! Now, who will save us from the hero?
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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.
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Furthermore, I think Carthage must be destroyed.
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Not at all. Once they have achieved equality, they will be your masters . . .
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Tis sometimes the height of wisdom to feign stupidity.
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Cessation of work is not accompanied by cessation of expenses
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After I’m dead I’d rather have people ask why I have no monument than why I have one.
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He is nearest to the gods who knows how to be silent.
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