Between the mouth and the morsel many things may happen.
CATO THE ELDERBe firm or mild as the occasion may require.
More Cato the Elder Quotes
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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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Cessation of work is not accompanied by cessation of expenses
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Grasp the subject, the words will follow.
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Wise men learn more from fools than fools from the wise.
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An orator is a good man who is skilled in speaking.
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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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Lighter is the wound foreseen.
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You must keep her on a tight rein.
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Be firm or mild as the occasion may require.
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He is nearest to the gods who knows how to be silent.
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After I’m dead I’d rather have people ask why I have no monument than why I have one.
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It is a difficult matter to argue with the belly since it has no ears.
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Patience is the greatest of all virtues.
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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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I prefer to do right and get no thanks than to do wrong and receive no punishment.
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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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From lightest words sometimes the direst quarrel springs.
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Furthermore, I think Carthage must be destroyed.
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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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Anger so clouds the mind that it cannot perceive the truth.
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Even though work stops, expenses run on.
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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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Not at all. Once they have achieved equality, they will be your masters . . .
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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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The worst ruler is one who cannot rule himself.
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If you are ruled by mind you are a king; if by body, a slave.
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