Suffer women once to arrive at an equality with you, and they will from that moment become your superiors.
CATO THE ELDERAfter I am dead, I would rather have men ask why Cato has no monument than why he had one.
More Cato the Elder Quotes
-
-
Grasp the subject, the words will follow.
CATO THE ELDER -
Not at all. Once they have achieved equality, they will be your masters . . .
CATO THE ELDER -
When you have observed how the field work has progressed, what things have been done, and what remains undone.
CATO THE ELDER -
You must keep her on a tight rein.
CATO THE ELDER -
Speech is the gift of all, but the thought of few.
CATO THE ELDER -
Between the mouth and the morsel many things may happen.
CATO THE ELDER -
All mankind rules its women, and we rule all mankind, but our women rule us.
CATO THE ELDER -
Farming, if you do one thing late, you will be late in all your work.
CATO THE ELDER -
The hero saves us. Praise the hero! Now, who will save us from the hero?
CATO THE ELDER -
Wise men learn more from fools than fools from the wise.
CATO THE ELDER -
He is nearest to the gods who knows how to be silent.
CATO THE ELDER -
Patience is the greatest of all virtues.
CATO THE ELDER -
Tis sometimes the height of wisdom to feign stupidity.
CATO THE ELDER -
Anger so clouds the mind that it cannot perceive the truth.
CATO 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 ELDER