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.
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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Patience is the greatest of all virtues.
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He who fears death has already lost the life he covets.
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Anger so clouds the mind that it cannot perceive the truth.
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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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Wise men learn more from fools than fools from the wise.
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Between the mouth and the morsel many things may happen.
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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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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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After I’m dead I’d rather have people ask why I have no monument than why I have one.
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He is nearest to the gods who knows how to be silent.
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Tis sometimes the height of wisdom to feign stupidity.
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Cessation of work is not accompanied by cessation of expenses
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An orator is a good man who is skilled in speaking.
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If you are ruled by mind you are a king; if by body, a slave.
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From lightest words sometimes the direst quarrel springs.
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