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?
CATO THE ELDERFrom lightest words sometimes the direst quarrel springs.
More Cato the Elder Quotes
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An orator is a good man who is skilled in speaking.
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Woman is a violent and uncontrolled animal, and it is useless to let go the reins and then expect her not to kick over the traces.
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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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Anger so clouds the mind that it cannot perceive the truth.
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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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Even though work stops, expenses run on.
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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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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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An angry man opens his mouth and shuts his eyes.
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The worst ruler is one who cannot rule himself.
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If you are ruled by mind you are a king; if by body, a slave.
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It is a difficult matter to argue with the belly since it has no ears.
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I can pardon everybody’s mistakes except my own.
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Farming, if you do one thing late, you will be late in all your work.
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Patience is the greatest of all virtues.
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The hero saves us. Praise the hero! Now, who will save us from the hero?
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The public has more interest in the punishment of an injury than he who receives it.
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Grasp the subject, the words will follow.
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You must keep her on a tight rein.
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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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Speech is the gift of all, but the thought of few.
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Between the mouth and the morsel many things may happen.
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He is nearest to the gods who knows how to be silent.
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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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Lighter is the wound foreseen.
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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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