If you are ruled by mind you are a king; if by body, a slave.
CATO THE ELDERWise 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.
More Cato the Elder Quotes
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Furthermore, I think Carthage must be destroyed.
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You should summon your overseer the next day, and should call for a report of what work has been done in good season and why it has not been possible to complete the rest, and what wine and corn and other crops have been gathered.
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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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Cessation of work is not accompanied by cessation of expenses
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He is nearest to the gods who knows how to be silent.
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Farming, if you do one thing late, you will be late in all your work.
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It is a difficult matter to argue with the belly since it has no ears.
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We cannot control the evil tongues of others; but a good life enables us to disregard them.
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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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Anger so clouds the mind that it cannot perceive the truth.
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An orator is a good man who is skilled in speaking.
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Between the mouth and the morsel many things may happen.
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Tis sometimes the height of wisdom to feign stupidity.
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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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