An angry man opens his mouth and shuts his eyes.
CATO THE ELDERThose who are serious in ridiculous matters will be ridiculous in serious matters.
More Cato the Elder Quotes
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Women want total freedom or rather – to call things by their names – total licence. If you allow them to achieve complete equality with men, do you think they will be easier to live with?
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He is nearest to the gods who knows how to be silent.
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A flourishing country should show its prosperity. “When you go in, look about, so that, when needs be, you can find your way out.
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You must keep her on a tight rein.
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Those who are serious in ridiculous matters will be ridiculous in serious matters.
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Anger so clouds the mind that it cannot perceive the truth.
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All mankind rules its women, and we rule all mankind, but our women rule us.
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Speech is the gift of all, but the thought of few.
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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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Even though work stops, expenses run on.
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He who fears death has already lost the life he covets.
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Lighter is the wound foreseen.
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I can pardon everybody’s mistakes except my own.
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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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After I am dead, I would rather have men ask why Cato has no monument than why he had one.
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