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?
CATO THE ELDERFarming, if you do one thing late, you will be late in all your work.
More Cato the Elder Quotes
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He who fears death has already lost the life he covets.
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Be firm or mild as the occasion may require.
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Furthermore, I think Carthage must be destroyed.
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Speech is the gift of all, but the thought of few.
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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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Farming, if you do one thing late, you will be late in all your work.
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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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All mankind rules its women, and we rule all mankind, but our women rule us.
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He is nearest to the gods who knows how to be silent.
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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.
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Those who are serious in ridiculous matters will be ridiculous in serious matters.
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It is a difficult matter to argue with the belly since it has no ears.
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Cessation of work is not accompanied by cessation of expenses
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Woman is a violent and uncontrolled animal, and it is useless to let go the reins and then expect her not to kick over the traces.
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An orator is a good man who is skilled in speaking.
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