Lighter is the wound foreseen.
CATO THE ELDERI can pardon everybody’s mistakes except my own.
More Cato the Elder Quotes
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Grasp the subject, the words will follow.
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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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All mankind rules its women, and we rule all mankind, but our women rule us.
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Not at all. Once they have achieved equality, they will be your masters . . .
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Furthermore, I think Carthage must be destroyed.
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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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After I am dead, I would rather have men ask why Cato has no monument than why he had one.
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I can pardon everybody’s mistakes except my own.
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He is nearest to the gods who knows how to be silent.
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It is a difficult matter to argue with the belly since it has no ears.
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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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I prefer to do right and get no thanks than to do wrong and receive no punishment.
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Cessation of work is not accompanied by cessation of expenses
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Wise men learn more from fools than fools from the wise.
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