Wise men learn more from fools than fools from the wise.
CATO THE ELDERI can pardon everybody’s mistakes except my own.
More Cato the Elder Quotes
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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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All mankind rules its women, and we rule all mankind, but our women rule us.
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Grasp the subject, the words will follow.
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Cessation of work is not accompanied by cessation of expenses
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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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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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Moreover, I consider that Carthage should 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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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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After I am dead, I would rather have men ask why Cato has no monument than why he had one.
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You must keep her on a tight rein.
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An orator is a good man who is skilled in speaking.
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If you are ruled by mind you are a king; if by body, a slave.
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Be firm or mild as the occasion may require.
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Buy not what you want, but what you have need of; what you do not want is dear at a farthing.
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