Grasp the subject, the words will follow.
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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The hero saves us. Praise the hero! Now, who will save us from the hero?
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When you have arrived at your country house and have saluted your household, you should make the rounds of the farm the same day, if possible; if not, then certainly the next day.
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You must keep her on a tight rein.
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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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From lightest words sometimes the direst quarrel springs.
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He is nearest to the gods who knows how to be silent.
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Wise men profit more from fools than fools from wise men; for the wise men shun the mistakes of fools, but fools do not imitate the successes of the wise.
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Between the mouth and the morsel many things may happen.
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Speech is the gift of all, but the thought of few.
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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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An orator is a good man who is skilled in speaking.
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Even though work stops, expenses run on.
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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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Not at all. Once they have achieved equality, they will be your masters . . .
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