Patience is the greatest of all virtues.
CATO THE ELDERFurthermore, I think Carthage must be destroyed.
More Cato the Elder Quotes
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I can pardon everybody’s mistakes except my own.
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You must keep her on a tight rein.
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Not at all. Once they have achieved equality, they will be your masters . . .
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He who fears death has already lost the life he covets.
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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 think the first virtue is to restrain the tongue; he approaches nearest to gods who knows how to be silent, even though he is in the right.
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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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There is a wide difference between true courage and a mere contempt of life.
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Moreover, I consider that Carthage should be destroyed.
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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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Farming, if you do one thing late, you will be late in all your work.
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If you are ruled by mind you are a king; if by body, a slave.
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Cessation of work is not accompanied by cessation of expenses
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All mankind rules its women, and we rule all mankind, but our women rule us.
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Those who are serious in ridiculous matters will be ridiculous in serious matters.
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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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Anger so clouds the mind that it cannot perceive the truth.
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Be firm or mild as the occasion may require.
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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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Even though work stops, expenses run on.
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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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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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The hero saves us. Praise the hero! Now, who will save us from the hero?
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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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It is a difficult matter to argue with the belly since it has no ears.
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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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