Speech is the gift of all, but the thought of few.
CATO THE ELDERFrom lightest words sometimes the direst quarrel springs.
More Cato the Elder Quotes
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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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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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All mankind rules its women, and we rule all mankind, but our women rule us.
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He is nearest to the gods who knows how to be silent.
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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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I can pardon everybody’s mistakes except my own.
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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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There is a wide difference between true courage and a mere contempt of life.
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The public has more interest in the punishment of an injury than he who receives it.
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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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The worst ruler is one who cannot rule himself.
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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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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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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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