Patience is the greatest of all virtues.
CATO THE ELDERNot at all. Once they have achieved equality, they will be your masters . . .
More Cato the Elder Quotes
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You must keep her on a tight rein.
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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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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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Even though work stops, expenses run on.
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The public has more interest in the punishment of an injury than he who receives it.
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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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Suffer women once to arrive at an equality with you, and they will from that moment become your superiors.
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An angry man opens his mouth and shuts his eyes.
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Cessation of work is not accompanied by cessation of expenses
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Lighter is the wound foreseen.
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Not at all. Once they have achieved equality, they will be your masters . . .
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When you have decided to purchase a farm, be careful not to buy rashly; do not spare your visits and be not content with a single tour of inspection.
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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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There is a wide difference between true courage and a mere contempt of life.
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If you are ruled by mind you are a king; if by body, a slave.
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