I prefer to do right and get no thanks than to do wrong and receive no punishment.
CATO THE ELDERWhen you have observed how the field work has progressed, what things have been done, and what remains undone.
More Cato the Elder Quotes
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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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Cessation of work is not accompanied by cessation of expenses
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An angry man opens his mouth and shuts his eyes.
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Farming, if you do one thing late, you will be late in all your work.
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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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Grasp the subject, the words will follow.
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He is nearest to the gods who knows how to be silent.
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Not at all. Once they have achieved equality, they will be your masters . . .
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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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We cannot control the evil tongues of others; but a good life enables us to disregard them.
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You must keep her on a tight rein.
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Moreover, I consider that Carthage should be destroyed.
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Speech is the gift of all, but the thought of few.
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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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All mankind rules its women, and we rule all mankind, but our women rule us.
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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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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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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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An orator is a good man who is skilled in speaking.
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The hero saves us. Praise the hero! Now, who will save us from the hero?
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Patience is the greatest of all virtues.
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Lighter is the wound foreseen.
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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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Furthermore, I think Carthage must be destroyed.
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Even though work stops, expenses run on.
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There is a wide difference between true courage and a mere contempt of life.
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