After I’m dead I’d rather have people ask why I have no monument than why I have one.
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.
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There is a wide difference between true courage and a mere contempt of life.
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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 worst ruler is one who cannot rule himself.
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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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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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Wise men learn more from fools than fools from the wise.
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The public has more interest in the punishment of an injury than he who receives it.
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If you are ruled by mind you are a king; if by body, a slave.
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I can pardon everybody’s mistakes except my own.
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Furthermore, I think Carthage must be destroyed.
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An angry man opens his mouth and shuts his eyes.
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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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Anger so clouds the mind that it cannot perceive the truth.
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Between the mouth and the morsel many things may happen.
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