I prefer to do right and get no thanks than to do wrong and receive no punishment.
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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From lightest words sometimes the direst quarrel springs.
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When you have observed how the field work has progressed, what things have been done, and what remains undone.
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Anger so clouds the mind that it cannot perceive the truth.
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Farming, if you do one thing late, you will be late in all your work.
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The more you go, the more will the place please you, if it be worth your attention. Give heed to the appearance of the neighbourhood.
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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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Women want total freedom or rather – to call things by their names – total licence. If you allow them to achieve complete equality with men, do you think they will be easier to live with?
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When 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.
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Be firm or mild as the occasion may require.
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An orator is a good man who is skilled in speaking.
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You must keep her on a tight rein.
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Those who are serious in ridiculous matters will be ridiculous in serious matters.
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Not at all. Once they have achieved equality, they will be your masters . . .
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The public has more interest in the punishment of an injury than he who receives it.
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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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