The hero saves us. Praise the hero! Now, who will save us from the hero?
CATO THE ELDERI can pardon everybody’s mistakes except my own.
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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Tis sometimes the height of wisdom to feign stupidity.
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Not at all. Once they have achieved equality, they will be your masters . . .
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When you have decided to purchase a farm, be careful not to buy rashly; do not spare your visits and be not content with a single tour of inspection.
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It is a difficult matter to argue with the belly since it has no ears.
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I prefer to do right and get no thanks than to do wrong and receive no punishment.
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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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When you have observed how the field work has progressed, what things have been done, and what remains undone.
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Those who are serious in ridiculous matters will be ridiculous in serious matters.
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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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Patience is the greatest of all virtues.
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Cessation of work is not accompanied by cessation of expenses
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You must keep her on a tight rein.
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Anger so clouds the mind that it cannot perceive the truth.
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