Those who are serious in ridiculous matters will be ridiculous in serious matters.
CATO THE ELDERSuffer women once to arrive at an equality with you, and they will from that moment become your superiors.
More Cato the Elder Quotes
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If you are ruled by mind you are a king; if by body, a slave.
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Grasp the subject, the words will follow.
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Patience is the greatest of all virtues.
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He who fears death has already lost the life he covets.
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Anger so clouds the mind that it cannot perceive the truth.
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The public has more interest in the punishment of an injury than he who receives it.
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Speech is the gift of all, but the thought of few.
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The worst ruler is one who cannot rule himself.
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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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The hero saves us. Praise the hero! Now, who will save us from the hero?
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It is a difficult matter to argue with the belly since it has no ears.
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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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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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Even though work stops, expenses run on.
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There is a wide difference between true courage and a mere contempt of life.
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