Patience is the greatest of all virtues.
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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Moreover, I consider that Carthage should be destroyed.
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Lighter is the wound foreseen.
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Wise men learn more from fools than fools from the wise.
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Speech is the gift of all, but the thought of few.
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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 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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The hero saves us. Praise the hero! Now, who will save us from the hero?
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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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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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If you are ruled by mind you are a king; if by body, a slave.
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From lightest words sometimes the direst quarrel springs.
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Between the mouth and the morsel many things may happen.
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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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Not at all. Once they have achieved equality, they will be your masters . . .
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Be firm or mild as the occasion may require.
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