Grasp the subject, the words will follow.
CATO THE ELDEREven though work stops, expenses run on.
More Cato the Elder Quotes
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Cessation of work is not accompanied by cessation of expenses
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Those who are serious in ridiculous matters will be ridiculous in serious matters.
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Wise men learn more from fools than fools from the wise.
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Moreover, I consider that Carthage should be destroyed.
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From lightest words sometimes the direst quarrel springs.
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Tis sometimes the height of wisdom to feign stupidity.
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Lighter is the wound foreseen.
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Even though work stops, expenses run on.
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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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Farming, if you do one thing late, you will be late in all your work.
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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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It is a difficult matter to argue with the belly since it has no ears.
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An angry man opens his mouth and shuts his eyes.
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He is nearest to the gods who knows how to be silent.
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All mankind rules its women, and we rule all mankind, but our women rule us.
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