Those who are serious in ridiculous matters will be ridiculous in serious matters.
CATO THE ELDERThose who are serious in ridiculous matters will be ridiculous in serious matters.
More Cato the Elder Quotes
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Between the mouth and the morsel many things may happen.
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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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When you have observed how the field work has progressed, what things have been done, and what remains undone.
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I can pardon everybody’s mistakes except my own.
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Furthermore, I think Carthage must be destroyed.
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The hero saves us. Praise the hero! Now, who will save us from the hero?
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Farming, if you do one thing late, you will be late in all your work.
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Cessation of work is not accompanied by cessation of expenses
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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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You must keep her on a tight rein.
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Wise men profit more from fools than fools from wise men; for the wise men shun the mistakes of fools, but fools do not imitate the successes of the wise.
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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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An orator is a good man who is skilled in speaking.
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Even though work stops, expenses run on.
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All mankind rules its women, and we rule all mankind, but our women rule us.
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