Lighter is the wound foreseen.
CATO THE ELDERLighter is the wound foreseen.
CATO THE ELDERAn orator is a good man who is skilled in speaking.
CATO THE ELDERFarming, if you do one thing late, you will be late in all your work.
CATO THE ELDERSpeech is the gift of all, but the thought of few.
CATO THE ELDERBetween the mouth and the morsel many things may happen.
CATO THE ELDERThe public has more interest in the punishment of an injury than he who receives it.
CATO THE ELDERAfter I’m dead I’d rather have people ask why I have no monument than why I have one.
CATO THE ELDERSuffer women once to arrive at an equality with you, and they will from that moment become your superiors.
CATO THE ELDERWomen 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?
CATO THE ELDERMoreover, I consider that Carthage should be destroyed.
CATO THE ELDERAn angry man opens his mouth and shuts his eyes.
CATO THE ELDERWhen you have observed how the field work has progressed, what things have been done, and what remains undone.
CATO THE ELDERThose who are serious in ridiculous matters will be ridiculous in serious matters.
CATO THE ELDERAfter I am dead, I would rather have men ask why Cato has no monument than why he had one.
CATO THE ELDERCessation of work is not accompanied by cessation of expenses
CATO THE ELDERWise men learn more from fools than fools from the wise.
CATO THE ELDER