From lightest words sometimes the direst quarrel springs.
CATO THE ELDERTis sometimes the height of wisdom to feign stupidity.
More Cato the Elder Quotes
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Lighter is the wound foreseen.
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Patience is the greatest of all virtues.
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Between the mouth and the morsel many things may happen.
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Be firm or mild as the occasion may require.
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Women want total freedom or rather – to call things by their names – total licence. If you allow them to achieve complete equality with men, do you think they will be easier to live with?
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The hero saves us. Praise the hero! Now, who will save us from the hero?
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Farming, if you do one thing late, you will be late in all your work.
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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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Not at all. Once they have achieved equality, they will be your masters . . .
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You must keep her on a tight rein.
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It is a difficult matter to argue with the belly since it has no ears.
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If you are ruled by mind you are a king; if by body, a slave.
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Anger so clouds the mind that it cannot perceive the truth.
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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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Cessation of work is not accompanied by cessation of expenses
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