Be firm or mild as the occasion may require.
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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Patience is the greatest of all virtues.
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Speech is the gift of all, but the thought of few.
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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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Anger so clouds the mind that it cannot perceive the truth.
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You must keep her on a tight rein.
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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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When you have arrived at your country house and have saluted your household, you should make the rounds of the farm the same day, if possible; if not, then certainly the next day.
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I can pardon everybody’s mistakes except my own.
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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?
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Grasp the subject, the words will follow.
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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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Tis sometimes the height of wisdom to feign stupidity.
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There is a wide difference between true courage and a mere contempt of life.
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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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Between the mouth and the morsel many things may happen.
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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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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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All mankind rules its women, and we rule all mankind, but our women rule us.
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After I am dead, I would rather have men ask why Cato has no monument than why he had one.
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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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Those who are serious in ridiculous matters will be ridiculous in serious matters.
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Even though work stops, expenses run on.
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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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The worst ruler is one who cannot rule himself.
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Farming, if you do one thing late, you will be late in all your work.
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From lightest words sometimes the direst quarrel springs.
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