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 ELDERTis sometimes the height of wisdom to feign stupidity.
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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We cannot control the evil tongues of others; but a good life enables us to disregard them.
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Between the mouth and the morsel many things may happen.
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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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Grasp the subject, the words will follow.
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Anger so clouds the mind that it cannot perceive the truth.
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Not at all. Once they have achieved equality, they will be your masters . . .
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Lighter is the wound foreseen.
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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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From lightest words sometimes the direst quarrel springs.
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An angry man opens his mouth and shuts his eyes.
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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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Wise men learn more from fools than fools from the wise.
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I prefer to do right and get no thanks than to do wrong and receive no punishment.
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Patience is the greatest of all virtues.
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