Farming, if you do one thing late, you will be late in all your work.
CATO THE ELDERIt is a difficult matter to argue with the belly since it has no ears.
More Cato the Elder Quotes
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He who fears death has already lost the life he covets.
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An angry man opens his mouth and shuts his eyes.
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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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Furthermore, I think Carthage must be destroyed.
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Even though work stops, expenses run on.
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The public has more interest in the punishment of an injury than he who receives it.
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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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An orator is a good man who is skilled in speaking.
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The hero saves us. Praise the hero! Now, who will save us from the hero?
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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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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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Anger so clouds the mind that it cannot perceive the truth.
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It is a difficult matter to argue with the belly since it has no ears.
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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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I can pardon everybody’s mistakes except my own.
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