If you are ruled by mind you are a king; if by body, a slave.
CATO THE ELDERThe public has more interest in the punishment of an injury than he who receives it.
More Cato the Elder Quotes
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An angry man opens his mouth and shuts his eyes.
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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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You must keep her on a tight rein.
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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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Farming, if you do one thing late, you will be late in all your work.
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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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Tis sometimes the height of wisdom to feign stupidity.
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There is a wide difference between true courage and a mere contempt of life.
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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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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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I prefer to do right and get no thanks than to do wrong and receive no punishment.
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The hero saves us. Praise the hero! Now, who will save us from the hero?
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From lightest words sometimes the direst quarrel springs.
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He is nearest to the gods who knows how to be silent.
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