We cannot control the evil tongues of others; but a good life enables us to disregard them.
CATO THE ELDERWhen you have arrived at your country house and have saluted your household, you should make the rounds of the farm the same day, if possible; if not, then certainly the next day.
More Cato the Elder Quotes
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Wise men learn more from fools than fools from the wise.
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Between the mouth and the morsel many things may happen.
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He is nearest to the gods who knows how to be silent.
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Patience is the greatest of all virtues.
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Not at all. Once they have achieved equality, they will be your masters . . .
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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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It is a difficult matter to argue with the belly since it has no ears.
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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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A flourishing country should show its prosperity. “When you go in, look about, so that, when needs be, you can find your way out.
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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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After I am dead, I would rather have men ask why Cato has no monument than why he had one.
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He who fears death has already lost the life he covets.
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The hero saves us. Praise the hero! Now, who will save us from the hero?
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All mankind rules its women, and we rule all mankind, but our women rule us.
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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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