If you are ruled by mind you are a king; if by body, a slave.
CATO THE ELDERFurthermore, I think Carthage must be destroyed.
More Cato the Elder Quotes
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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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It is a difficult matter to argue with the belly since it has no ears.
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Woman is a violent and uncontrolled animal, and it is useless to let go the reins and then expect her not to kick over the traces.
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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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Anger so clouds the mind that it cannot perceive the truth.
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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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From lightest words sometimes the direst quarrel springs.
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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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Grasp the subject, the words will follow.
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The worst ruler is one who cannot rule himself.
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There is a wide difference between true courage and a mere contempt of life.
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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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I can pardon everybody’s mistakes except my own.
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Cessation of work is not accompanied by cessation of expenses
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