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 ELDERAn orator is a good man who is skilled in speaking.
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Even though work stops, expenses run on.
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He is nearest to the gods who knows how to be silent.
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Between the mouth and the morsel many things may happen.
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He who fears death has already lost the life he covets.
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Patience is the greatest of all virtues.
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Lighter is the wound foreseen.
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Buy not what you want, but what you have need of; what you do not want is dear at a farthing.
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You must keep her on a tight rein.
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If you are ruled by mind you are a king; if by body, a slave.
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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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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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Tis sometimes the height of wisdom to feign stupidity.
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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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Suffer women once to arrive at an equality with you, and they will from that moment become your superiors.
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