Farming, if you do one thing late, you will be late in all your work.
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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Tis sometimes the height of wisdom to feign stupidity.
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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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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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We cannot control the evil tongues of others; but a good life enables us to disregard them.
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Patience is the greatest of all virtues.
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He is nearest to the gods who knows how to be silent.
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Even though work stops, expenses run on.
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From lightest words sometimes the direst quarrel springs.
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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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Lighter is the wound foreseen.
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The more you go, the more will the place please you, if it be worth your attention. Give heed to the appearance of the neighbourhood.
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The worst ruler is one who cannot rule himself.
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Grasp the subject, the words will follow.
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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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I can pardon everybody’s mistakes except my own.
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