He is nearest to the gods who knows how to be silent.
CATO THE ELDERNot at all. Once they have achieved equality, they will be your masters . . .
More Cato the Elder Quotes
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Even though work stops, expenses run on.
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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 observed how the field work has progressed, what things have been done, and what remains undone.
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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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There is a wide difference between true courage and a mere contempt of life.
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Be firm or mild as the occasion may require.
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He who fears death has already lost the life he covets.
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Anger so clouds the mind that it cannot perceive the truth.
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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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Moreover, I consider that Carthage should be destroyed.
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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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Speech is the gift of all, but the thought of few.
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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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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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Farming, if you do one thing late, you will be late in all your work.
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