Even though work stops, expenses run on.
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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Not at all. Once they have achieved equality, they will be your masters . . .
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There is a wide difference between true courage and a mere contempt of life.
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An orator is a good man who is skilled in speaking.
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Be firm or mild as the occasion may require.
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From lightest words sometimes the direst quarrel springs.
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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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If you are ruled by mind you are a king; if by body, a slave.
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Patience is the greatest of all virtues.
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Cessation of work is not accompanied by cessation of expenses
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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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Speech is the gift of all, but the thought of few.
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He is nearest to the gods who knows how to be silent.
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Tis sometimes the height of wisdom to feign stupidity.
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Lighter is the wound foreseen.
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He who fears death has already lost the life he covets.
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