I prefer to do right and get no thanks than to do wrong and receive no punishment.
CATO THE ELDERNot at all. Once they have achieved equality, they will be your masters . . .
More Cato the Elder Quotes
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I can pardon everybody’s mistakes except my own.
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Patience is the greatest of all virtues.
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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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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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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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He is nearest to the gods who knows how to be silent.
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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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The hero saves us. Praise the hero! Now, who will save us from the hero?
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Be firm or mild as the occasion may require.
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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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Not at all. Once they have achieved equality, they will be your masters . . .
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Those who are serious in ridiculous matters will be ridiculous in serious matters.
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Anger so clouds the mind that it cannot perceive the truth.
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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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