Between the mouth and the morsel many things may happen.
CATO THE ELDERWe cannot control the evil tongues of others; but a good life enables us to disregard them.
More Cato the Elder Quotes
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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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If you are ruled by mind you are a king; if by body, a slave.
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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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Moreover, I consider that Carthage should be destroyed.
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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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Not at all. Once they have achieved equality, they will be your masters . . .
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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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Suffer women once to arrive at an equality with you, and they will from that moment become your superiors.
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Anger so clouds the mind that it cannot perceive the truth.
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The public has more interest in the punishment of an injury than he who receives it.
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The worst ruler is one who cannot rule himself.
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Lighter is the wound foreseen.
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There is a wide difference between true courage and a mere contempt of life.
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