Speech is the gift of all, but the thought of few.
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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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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When you have arrived at your country house and have saluted your household, you should make the rounds of the farm the same day, if possible; if not, then certainly the next day.
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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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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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Farming, if you do one thing late, you will be late in all your work.
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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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Furthermore, I think Carthage must be destroyed.
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Tis sometimes the height of wisdom to feign stupidity.
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The hero saves us. Praise the hero! Now, who will save us from the hero?
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An angry man opens his mouth and shuts his eyes.
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Grasp the subject, the words will follow.
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