Patience is the greatest of all virtues.
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.
More Cato the Elder Quotes
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Speech is the gift of all, but the thought of few.
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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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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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Moreover, I consider that Carthage should be destroyed.
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Cessation of work is not accompanied by cessation of expenses
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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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There is a wide difference between true courage and a mere contempt of life.
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He who fears death has already lost the life he covets.
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When you have decided to purchase a farm, be careful not to buy rashly; do not spare your visits and be not content with a single tour of inspection.
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It is a difficult matter to argue with the belly since it has no ears.
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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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Between the mouth and the morsel many things may happen.
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Not at all. Once they have achieved equality, they will be your masters . . .
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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.
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All mankind rules its women, and we rule all mankind, but our women rule us.
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