Tis sometimes the height of wisdom to feign stupidity.
CATO THE ELDERAnger so clouds the mind that it cannot perceive the truth.
More Cato the Elder Quotes
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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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I prefer to do right and get no thanks than to do wrong and receive no punishment.
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You must keep her on a tight rein.
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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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The public has more interest in the punishment of an injury than he who receives it.
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From lightest words sometimes the direst quarrel springs.
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He is nearest to the gods who knows how to be silent.
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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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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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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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I can pardon everybody’s mistakes except my own.
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There is a wide difference between true courage and a mere contempt of life.
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Between the mouth and the morsel many things may happen.
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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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