I prefer to do right and get no thanks than to do wrong and receive no punishment.
CATO THE ELDERIt is a difficult matter to argue with the belly since it has no ears.
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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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He who fears death has already lost the life he covets.
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Be firm or mild as the occasion may require.
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When you have arrived at your country house and have saluted your household, you should make the rounds of the farm the same day, if possible; if not, then certainly the next day.
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The worst ruler is one who cannot rule himself.
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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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Between the mouth and the morsel many things may happen.
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Moreover, I consider that Carthage should be destroyed.
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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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When you have observed how the field work has progressed, what things have been done, and what remains undone.
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You must keep her on a tight rein.
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Cessation of work is not accompanied by cessation of expenses
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Buy not what you want, but what you have need of; what you do not want is dear at a farthing.
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Anger so clouds the mind that it cannot perceive the truth.
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