Between the mouth and the morsel many things may happen.
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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There is a wide difference between true courage and a mere contempt of life.
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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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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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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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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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After I am dead, I would rather have men ask why Cato has no monument than why he had one.
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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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Moreover, I consider that Carthage should be destroyed.
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He who fears death has already lost the life he covets.
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Anger so clouds the mind that it cannot perceive the truth.
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If you are ruled by mind you are a king; if by body, a slave.
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I can pardon everybody’s mistakes except my own.
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All mankind rules its women, and we rule all mankind, but our women rule us.
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