Grasp the subject, the words will follow.
CATO THE ELDERHe who fears death has already lost the life he covets.
More Cato the Elder Quotes
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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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Suffer women once to arrive at an equality with you, and they will from that moment become your superiors.
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Between the mouth and the morsel many things may happen.
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Wise men learn more from fools than fools from the wise.
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There is a wide difference between true courage and a mere contempt of life.
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The more you go, the more will the place please you, if it be worth your attention. Give heed to the appearance of the neighbourhood.
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Lighter is the wound foreseen.
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Farming, if you do one thing late, you will be late in all your work.
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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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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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After I am dead, I would rather have men ask why Cato has no monument than why he had one.
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We cannot control the evil tongues of others; but a good life enables us to disregard them.
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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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The public has more interest in the punishment of an injury than he who receives it.
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He is nearest to the gods who knows how to be silent.
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