If you are ruled by mind you are a king; if by body, a slave.
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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It is a difficult matter to argue with the belly since it has no ears.
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Moreover, I consider that Carthage should be destroyed.
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Anger so clouds the mind that it cannot perceive the truth.
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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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Even though work stops, expenses run on.
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Wise men learn more from fools than fools from the wise.
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I can pardon everybody’s mistakes except my own.
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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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He is nearest to the gods who knows how to be silent.
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Be firm or mild as the occasion may require.
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Lighter is the wound foreseen.
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Farming, if you do one thing late, you will be late in all your work.
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Between the mouth and the morsel many things may happen.
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Grasp the subject, the words will follow.
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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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