Tis sometimes the height of wisdom to feign stupidity.
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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Moreover, I consider that Carthage should be destroyed.
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He is nearest to the gods who knows how to be silent.
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It is a difficult matter to argue with the belly since it has no ears.
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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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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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If you are ruled by mind you are a king; if by body, a slave.
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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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Not at all. Once they have achieved equality, they will be your masters . . .
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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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The hero saves us. Praise the hero! Now, who will save us from the hero?
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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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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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You must keep her on a tight rein.
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Farming, if you do one thing late, you will be late in all your work.
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Be firm or mild as the occasion may require.
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