You should summon your overseer the next day, and should call for a report of what work has been done in good season and why it has not been possible to complete the rest, and what wine and corn and other crops have been gathered.
CATO THE ELDERCessation of work is not accompanied by cessation of expenses
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Cessation of work is not accompanied by cessation of expenses
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I can pardon everybody’s mistakes except my own.
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An angry man opens his mouth and shuts his eyes.
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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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Lighter is the wound foreseen.
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Grasp the subject, the words will follow.
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He who fears death has already lost the life he covets.
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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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You must keep her on a tight rein.
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Furthermore, I think Carthage must be destroyed.
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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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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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Even though work stops, expenses run on.
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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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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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