The worst ruler is one who cannot rule himself.
CATO THE ELDERThe worst ruler is one who cannot rule himself.
CATO THE ELDEREven though work stops, expenses run on.
CATO THE ELDERA flourishing country should show its prosperity. “When you go in, look about, so that, when needs be, you can find your way out.
CATO THE ELDERHe is nearest to the gods who knows how to be silent.
CATO THE ELDERBetween the mouth and the morsel many things may happen.
CATO THE ELDERAnger so clouds the mind that it cannot perceive the truth.
CATO THE ELDERAll mankind rules its women, and we rule all mankind, but our women rule us.
CATO THE ELDERCessation of work is not accompanied by cessation of expenses
CATO THE ELDERBuy not what you want, but what you have need of; what you do not want is dear at a farthing.
CATO THE ELDERGrasp the subject, the words will follow.
CATO THE ELDERWise men learn more from fools than fools from the wise.
CATO THE ELDERMoreover, I consider that Carthage should be destroyed.
CATO THE ELDERWomen 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 ELDERHe who fears death has already lost the life he covets.
CATO THE ELDERSuffer women once to arrive at an equality with you, and they will from that moment become your superiors.
CATO THE ELDERYou 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 ELDER