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.
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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He is nearest to the gods who knows how to be silent.
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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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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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An angry man opens his mouth and shuts his eyes.
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Tis sometimes the height of wisdom to feign stupidity.
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Even though work stops, expenses run on.
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Cessation of work is not accompanied by cessation of expenses
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All mankind rules its women, and we rule all mankind, but our women rule us.
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The worst ruler is one who cannot rule himself.
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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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The public has more interest in the punishment of an injury than he who receives it.
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The hero saves us. Praise the hero! Now, who will save us from the hero?
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Lighter is the wound foreseen.
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Anger so clouds the mind that it cannot perceive the truth.
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