If you are ruled by mind you are a king; if by body, a slave.
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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Even though work stops, expenses run on.
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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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From lightest words sometimes the direst quarrel springs.
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Lighter is the wound foreseen.
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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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The worst ruler is one who cannot rule himself.
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Woman is a violent and uncontrolled animal, and it is useless to let go the reins and then expect her not to kick over the traces.
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The public has more interest in the punishment of an injury than he who receives it.
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Cessation of work is not accompanied by cessation of expenses
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Not at all. Once they have achieved equality, they will be your masters . . .
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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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Between the mouth and the morsel many things may happen.
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Wise men learn more from fools than fools from the wise.
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All mankind rules its women, and we rule all mankind, but our women rule us.
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There is a wide difference between true courage and a mere contempt of life.
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