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.
CATO THE ELDERAfter I’m dead I’d rather have people ask why I have no monument than why I have one.
More Cato the Elder Quotes
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You must keep her on a tight rein.
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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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An angry man opens his mouth and shuts his eyes.
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The more you go, the more will the place please you, if it be worth your attention. Give heed to the appearance of the neighbourhood.
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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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If you are ruled by mind you are a king; if by body, a slave.
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There is a wide difference between true courage and a mere contempt of life.
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Even though work stops, expenses run on.
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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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Not at all. Once they have achieved equality, they will be your masters . . .
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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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I prefer to do right and get no thanks than to do wrong and receive no punishment.
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The hero saves us. Praise the hero! Now, who will save us from the hero?
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Between the mouth and the morsel many things may happen.
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Lighter is the wound foreseen.
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