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.
CATO THE ELDERCessation of work is not accompanied by cessation of expenses
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Farming, if you do one thing late, you will be late in all your work.
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Moreover, I consider that Carthage should be destroyed.
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Wise men learn more from fools than fools from the wise.
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I can pardon everybody’s mistakes except my own.
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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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A flourishing country should show its prosperity. “When you go in, look about, so that, when needs be, you can find your way out.
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Tis sometimes the height of wisdom to feign stupidity.
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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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The public has more interest in the punishment of an injury than he who receives it.
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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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It is a difficult matter to argue with the belly since it has no ears.
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An orator is a good man who is skilled in speaking.
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The worst ruler is one who cannot rule himself.
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All mankind rules its women, and we rule all mankind, but our women rule us.
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You must keep her on a tight rein.
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