Moreover, I consider that Carthage should be destroyed.
CATO THE ELDERHe who fears death has already lost the life he covets.
More Cato the Elder Quotes
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Even though work stops, expenses run on.
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Anger so clouds the mind that it cannot perceive the truth.
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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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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 worst ruler is one who cannot rule himself.
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You must keep her on a tight rein.
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Speech is the gift of all, but the thought of few.
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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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An angry man opens his mouth and shuts his eyes.
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An orator is a good man who is skilled in speaking.
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Patience is the greatest of all virtues.
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He is nearest to the gods who knows how to be silent.
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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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If you are ruled by mind you are a king; if by body, a slave.
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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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