Wise men learn more from fools than fools from the wise.
CATO THE ELDERWe cannot control the evil tongues of others; but a good life enables us to disregard them.
More Cato the Elder Quotes
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It is a difficult matter to argue with the belly since it has no ears.
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From lightest words sometimes the direst quarrel springs.
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Moreover, I consider that Carthage should be destroyed.
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He is nearest to the gods who knows how to be silent.
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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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Between the mouth and the morsel many things may happen.
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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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Lighter is the wound foreseen.
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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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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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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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Speech is the gift of all, but the thought of few.
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He who fears death has already lost the life he covets.
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You must keep her on a tight rein.
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