Farming, if you do one thing late, you will be late in all your work.
CATO THE ELDERAfter I am dead, I would rather have men ask why Cato has no monument than why he had one.
More Cato the Elder Quotes
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When you have decided to purchase a farm, be careful not to buy rashly; do not spare your visits and be not content with a single tour of inspection.
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Wise men learn more from fools than fools from the wise.
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You must keep her on a tight rein.
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Between the mouth and the morsel many things may happen.
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Be firm or mild as the occasion may require.
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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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Patience is the greatest of all virtues.
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There is a wide difference between true courage and a mere contempt of life.
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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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Anger so clouds the mind that it cannot perceive the truth.
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I can pardon everybody’s mistakes except my own.
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The hero saves us. Praise the hero! Now, who will save us from the hero?
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Speech is the gift of all, but the thought of few.
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All mankind rules its women, and we rule all mankind, but our women rule us.
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