The hero saves us. Praise the hero! Now, who will save us from the hero?
CATO THE ELDERFarming, if you do one thing late, you will be late in all your work.
More Cato the Elder Quotes
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Tis sometimes the height of wisdom to feign stupidity.
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All mankind rules its women, and we rule all mankind, but our women rule us.
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Speech is the gift of all, but the thought of few.
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From lightest words sometimes the direst quarrel springs.
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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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There is a wide difference between true courage and a mere contempt of life.
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The public has more interest in the punishment of an injury than he who receives it.
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He is nearest to the gods who knows how to be silent.
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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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Moreover, I consider that Carthage should be destroyed.
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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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Suffer women once to arrive at an equality with you, and they will from that moment become your superiors.
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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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Those who are serious in ridiculous matters will be ridiculous in serious matters.
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An angry man opens his mouth and shuts his eyes.
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