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.
CATO THE ELDERWoman 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.
More Cato the Elder Quotes
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From lightest words sometimes the direst quarrel springs.
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Even though work stops, expenses run on.
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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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The hero saves us. Praise the hero! Now, who will save us from the hero?
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An orator is a good man who is skilled in speaking.
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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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After I’m dead I’d rather have people ask why I have no monument than why I have one.
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After I am dead, I would rather have men ask why Cato has no monument than why he had one.
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There is a wide difference between true courage and a mere contempt of life.
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It is a difficult matter to argue with the belly since it has no ears.
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Between the mouth and the morsel many things may happen.
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Grasp the subject, the words will follow.
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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 observed how the field work has progressed, what things have been done, and what remains undone.
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Speech is the gift of all, but the thought of few.
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