From lightest words sometimes the direst quarrel springs.
CATO THE ELDERWomen 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?
More Cato the Elder Quotes
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The hero saves us. Praise the hero! Now, who will save us from the hero?
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You must keep her on a tight rein.
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An orator is a good man who is skilled in speaking.
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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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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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An angry man opens his mouth and shuts his eyes.
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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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Grasp the subject, the words will follow.
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Farming, if you do one thing late, you will be late in all your work.
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Tis sometimes the height of wisdom to feign stupidity.
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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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Suffer women once to arrive at an equality with you, and they will from that moment become your superiors.
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He who fears death has already lost the life he covets.
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I can pardon everybody’s mistakes except my own.
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Wise men learn more from fools than fools from the wise.
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