A flourishing country should show its prosperity. “When you go in, look about, so that, when needs be, you can find your way out.
CATO THE ELDERGrasp the subject, the words will follow.
More Cato the Elder Quotes
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Grasp the subject, the words will follow.
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Wise men learn more from fools than fools from the wise.
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Farming, if you do one thing late, you will be late in all your work.
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An orator is a good man who is skilled in speaking.
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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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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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Cessation of work is not accompanied by cessation of expenses
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Be firm or mild as the occasion may require.
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Between the mouth and the morsel many things may happen.
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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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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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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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Anger so clouds the mind that it cannot perceive the truth.
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If you are ruled by mind you are a king; if by body, a slave.
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