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.
CATO THE ELDERAn orator is a good man who is skilled in speaking.
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There is a wide difference between true courage and a mere contempt of life.
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Those who are serious in ridiculous matters will be ridiculous in serious matters.
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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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Lighter is the wound foreseen.
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An angry man opens his mouth and shuts his eyes.
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All mankind rules its women, and we rule all mankind, but our women rule us.
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Suffer women once to arrive at an equality with you, and they will from that moment become your superiors.
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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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An orator is a good man who is skilled in speaking.
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Tis sometimes the height of wisdom to feign stupidity.
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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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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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Moreover, I consider that Carthage should be destroyed.
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