Cessation of work is not accompanied by cessation of expenses
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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I think the first virtue is to restrain the tongue; he approaches nearest to gods who knows how to be silent, even though he is in the right.
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Moreover, I consider that Carthage should be destroyed.
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Be firm or mild as the occasion may require.
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Wise 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.
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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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An angry man opens his mouth and shuts his eyes.
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The public has more interest in the punishment of an injury than he who receives it.
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The hero saves us. Praise the hero! Now, who will save us from the hero?
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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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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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Wise men learn more from fools than fools from the wise.
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Between the mouth and the morsel many things may happen.
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There is a wide difference between true courage and a mere contempt of life.
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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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All mankind rules its women, and we rule all mankind, but our women rule us.
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