The public has more interest in the punishment of an injury than he who receives it.
CATO THE ELDER
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He is nearest to the gods who knows how to be silent.
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Anger so clouds the mind that it cannot perceive the truth.
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Between the mouth and the morsel many things may happen.
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Those who are serious in ridiculous matters will be ridiculous in serious matters.
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Moreover, I consider that Carthage should 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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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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When you have observed how the field work has progressed, what things have been done, and what remains undone.
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Patience is the greatest of all virtues.
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