After I’m dead I’d rather have people ask why I have no monument than why I have one.
CATO THE ELDERFurthermore, I think Carthage must be destroyed.
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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An angry man opens his mouth and shuts his eyes.
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When you have decided to purchase a farm, be careful not to buy rashly; do not spare your visits and be not content with a single tour of inspection.
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It is a difficult matter to argue with the belly since it has no ears.
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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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Furthermore, I think Carthage must be destroyed.
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Cessation of work is not accompanied by cessation of expenses
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He is nearest to the gods who knows how to be silent.
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Tis sometimes the height of wisdom to feign stupidity.
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Buy not what you want, but what you have need of; what you do not want is dear at a farthing.
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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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Lighter is the wound foreseen.
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Even though work stops, expenses run on.
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If you are ruled by mind you are a king; if by body, a slave.
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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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