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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More Cato the Elder Quotes
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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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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 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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Moreover, I consider that Carthage should be destroyed.
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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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Be firm or mild as the occasion may require.
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He who fears death has already lost the life he covets.
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There is a wide difference between true courage and a mere contempt of life.
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Lighter is the wound foreseen.
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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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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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The worst ruler is one who cannot rule himself.
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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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From lightest words sometimes the direst quarrel springs.
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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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