When you have observed how the field work has progressed, what things have been done, and what remains undone.
CATO THE ELDERHe is nearest to the gods who knows how to be silent.
More Cato the Elder Quotes
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All mankind rules its women, and we rule all mankind, but our women rule us.
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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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There is a wide difference between true courage and a mere contempt of life.
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Furthermore, I think Carthage must be destroyed.
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The hero saves us. Praise the hero! Now, who will save us from the hero?
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Lighter is the wound foreseen.
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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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Woman is a violent and uncontrolled animal, and it is useless to let go the reins and then expect her not to kick over the traces.
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Not at all. Once they have achieved equality, they will be your masters . . .
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Even though work stops, expenses run on.
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It is a difficult matter to argue with the belly since it has no ears.
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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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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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Patience is the greatest of all virtues.
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Anger so clouds the mind that it cannot perceive the truth.
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