Not at all. Once they have achieved equality, they will be your masters . . .
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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Be firm or mild as the occasion may require.
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Speech is the gift of all, but the thought of few.
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The hero saves us. Praise the hero! Now, who will save us from the hero?
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A flourishing country should show its prosperity. “When you go in, look about, so that, when needs be, you can find your way out.
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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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All mankind rules its women, and we rule all mankind, but our women rule us.
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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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Even though work stops, expenses run on.
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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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Tis sometimes the height of wisdom to feign stupidity.
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Patience is the greatest of all virtues.
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The public has more interest in the punishment of an injury than he who receives it.
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It is a difficult matter to argue with the belly since it has no ears.
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Those who are serious in ridiculous matters will be ridiculous in serious matters.
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From lightest words sometimes the direst quarrel springs.
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