I prefer to do right and get no thanks than to do wrong and receive no punishment.
CATO THE ELDERAn orator is a good man who is skilled in speaking.
More Cato the Elder Quotes
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Patience is the greatest of all virtues.
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He who fears death has already lost the life he covets.
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Wise men learn more from fools than fools from the wise.
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From lightest words sometimes the direst quarrel springs.
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There is a wide difference between true courage and a mere contempt of life.
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We cannot control the evil tongues of others; but a good life enables us to disregard them.
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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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After I’m dead I’d rather have people ask why I have no monument than why I have one.
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When 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.
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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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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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Farming, if you do one thing late, you will be late in all your work.
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Be firm or mild as the occasion may require.
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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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