Tis sometimes the height of wisdom to feign stupidity.
CATO THE ELDERI prefer to do right and get no thanks than to do wrong and receive no punishment.
More Cato the Elder Quotes
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There is a wide difference between true courage and a mere contempt of life.
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Even though work stops, expenses run on.
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The public has more interest in the punishment of an injury than he who receives it.
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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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After I’m dead I’d rather have people ask why I have no monument than why I have one.
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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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I can pardon everybody’s mistakes except my own.
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Speech is the gift of all, but the thought of few.
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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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I prefer to do right and get no thanks than to do wrong and receive no punishment.
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Farming, if you do one thing late, you will be late in all your work.
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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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Between the mouth and the morsel many things may happen.
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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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From lightest words sometimes the direst quarrel springs.
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