Between the mouth and the morsel many things may happen.
CATO THE ELDERIf you are ruled by mind you are a king; if by body, a slave.
More Cato the Elder Quotes
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All mankind rules its women, and we rule all mankind, but our women rule us.
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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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Suffer women once to arrive at an equality with you, and they will from that moment become your superiors.
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Wise men learn more from fools than fools from the wise.
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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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After I am dead, I would rather have men ask why Cato has no monument than why he had one.
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Even though work stops, expenses run on.
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Anger so clouds the mind that it cannot perceive the truth.
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Be firm or mild as the occasion may require.
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Patience is the greatest of all virtues.
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Grasp the subject, the words will follow.
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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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I can pardon everybody’s mistakes except my own.
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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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An angry man opens his mouth and shuts his eyes.
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