Farming, if you do one thing late, you will be late in all your work.
CATO THE ELDERThere is a wide difference between true courage and a mere contempt of life.
More Cato the Elder Quotes
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An angry man opens his mouth and shuts his eyes.
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A flourishing country should show its prosperity. “When you go in, look about, so that, when needs be, you can find your way out.
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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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Those who are serious in ridiculous matters will be ridiculous in serious matters.
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Grasp the subject, the words will follow.
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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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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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Not at all. Once they have achieved equality, they will be your masters . . .
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From lightest words sometimes the direst quarrel springs.
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I can pardon everybody’s mistakes except my own.
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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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Furthermore, I think Carthage must be destroyed.
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Patience is the greatest of all virtues.
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Between the mouth and the morsel many things may happen.
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