He who fears death has already lost the life he covets.
CATO THE ELDERAll mankind rules its women, and we rule all mankind, but our women rule us.
More Cato the Elder Quotes
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I can pardon everybody’s mistakes except my own.
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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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He is nearest to the gods who knows how to be silent.
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Between the mouth and the morsel many things may happen.
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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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When you have observed how the field work has progressed, what things have been done, and what remains undone.
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An orator is a good man who is skilled in speaking.
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After I’m dead I’d rather have people ask why I have no monument than why I have one.
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Not at all. Once they have achieved equality, they will be your masters . . .
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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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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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Lighter is the wound foreseen.
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Patience is the greatest of all virtues.
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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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