I can pardon everybody’s mistakes except my own.
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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Between the mouth and the morsel many things may happen.
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An angry man opens his mouth and shuts his eyes.
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Lighter is the wound foreseen.
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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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The hero saves us. Praise the hero! Now, who will save us from the hero?
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There is a wide difference between true courage and a mere contempt of life.
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The worst ruler is one who cannot rule himself.
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Not at all. Once they have achieved equality, they will be your masters . . .
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Furthermore, I think Carthage must be destroyed.
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After I am dead, I would rather have men ask why Cato has no monument than why he had one.
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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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I prefer to do right and get no thanks than to do wrong and receive no punishment.
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The public has more interest in the punishment of an injury than he who receives it.
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If you are ruled by mind you are a king; if by body, a slave.
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