Suffer women once to arrive at an equality with you, and they will from that moment become your superiors.
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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The public has more interest in the punishment of an injury than he who receives it.
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Not at all. Once they have achieved equality, they will be your masters . . .
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Be firm or mild as the occasion may require.
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Farming, if you do one thing late, you will be late in all your work.
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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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Moreover, I consider that Carthage should be destroyed.
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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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Between the mouth and the morsel many things may happen.
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Tis sometimes the height of wisdom to feign stupidity.
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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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Speech is the gift of all, but the thought of few.
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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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Anger so clouds the mind that it cannot perceive the truth.
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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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All mankind rules its women, and we rule all mankind, but our women rule us.
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