After I am dead, I would rather have men ask why Cato has no monument than why he had one.
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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Patience is the greatest of all virtues.
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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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It is a difficult matter to argue with the belly since it has no ears.
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He is nearest to the gods who knows how to be silent.
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Grasp the subject, the words will follow.
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Moreover, I consider that Carthage should be destroyed.
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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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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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He who fears death has already lost the life he covets.
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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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After I’m dead I’d rather have people ask why I have no monument than why I have one.
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Anger so clouds the mind that it cannot perceive the truth.
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If you are ruled by mind you are a king; if by body, a slave.
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