Lighter is the wound foreseen.
CATO THE ELDERThe more you go, the more will the place please you, if it be worth your attention. Give heed to the appearance of the neighbourhood.
More Cato the Elder Quotes
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Farming, if you do one thing late, you will be late in all your work.
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All mankind rules its women, and we rule all mankind, but our women rule us.
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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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Cessation of work is not accompanied by cessation of expenses
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Be firm or mild as the occasion may require.
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If you are ruled by mind you are a king; if by body, a slave.
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You must keep her on a tight rein.
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After I’m dead I’d rather have people ask why I have no monument than why I have one.
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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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An angry man opens his mouth and shuts his eyes.
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Between the mouth and the morsel many things may happen.
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Not at all. Once they have achieved equality, they will be your masters . . .
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Tis sometimes the height of wisdom to feign stupidity.
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The hero saves us. Praise the hero! Now, who will save us from the hero?
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The public has more interest in the punishment of an injury than he who receives it.
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