Furthermore, I think Carthage must be destroyed.
CATO THE ELDERThe more you go, the more will the place please you, if it be worth your attention. Give heed to the appearance of the neighbourhood.
More Cato the Elder Quotes
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Tis sometimes the height of wisdom to feign stupidity.
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Wise men learn more from fools than fools from the wise.
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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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Lighter is the wound foreseen.
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The public has more interest in the punishment of an injury than he who receives it.
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Not at all. Once they have achieved equality, they will be your masters . . .
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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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Moreover, I consider that Carthage should be destroyed.
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If you are ruled by mind you are a king; if by body, a slave.
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The hero saves us. Praise the hero! Now, who will save us from the hero?
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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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I prefer to do right and get no thanks than to do wrong and receive no punishment.
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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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Farming, if you do one thing late, you will be late in all your work.
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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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