I can pardon everybody’s mistakes except my own.
CATO THE ELDERNot at all. Once they have achieved equality, they will be your masters . . .
More Cato the Elder Quotes
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Wise men learn more from fools than fools from the wise.
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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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Between the mouth and the morsel many things may happen.
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All mankind rules its women, and we rule all mankind, but our women rule us.
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Speech is the gift of all, but the thought of few.
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Grasp the subject, the words will follow.
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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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You must keep her on a tight rein.
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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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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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From lightest words sometimes the direst quarrel springs.
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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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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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Cessation of work is not accompanied by cessation of expenses
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Furthermore, I think Carthage must be destroyed.
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