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.
CATO THE ELDERAnger so clouds the mind that it cannot perceive the truth.
More Cato the Elder Quotes
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Those who are serious in ridiculous matters will be ridiculous in serious matters.
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The public has more interest in the punishment of an injury than he who receives it.
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He who fears death has already lost the life he covets.
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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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Between the mouth and the morsel many things may happen.
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Lighter is the wound foreseen.
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There is a wide difference between true courage and a mere contempt of life.
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Not at all. Once they have achieved equality, they will be your masters . . .
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The hero saves us. Praise the hero! Now, who will save us from the hero?
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All mankind rules its women, and we rule all mankind, but our women rule us.
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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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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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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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Furthermore, I think Carthage must be destroyed.
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