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.
CATO THE ELDERI prefer to do right and get no thanks than to do wrong and receive no punishment.
More Cato the Elder Quotes
-
-
Cessation of work is not accompanied by cessation of expenses
CATO THE ELDER -
Not at all. Once they have achieved equality, they will be your masters . . .
CATO THE ELDER -
When you have observed how the field work has progressed, what things have been done, and what remains undone.
CATO THE ELDER -
Buy not what you want, but what you have need of; what you do not want is dear at a farthing.
CATO THE ELDER -
Wise men learn more from fools than fools from the wise.
CATO THE ELDER -
Suffer women once to arrive at an equality with you, and they will from that moment become your superiors.
CATO THE ELDER -
After I’m dead I’d rather have people ask why I have no monument than why I have one.
CATO THE ELDER -
I prefer to do right and get no thanks than to do wrong and receive no punishment.
CATO THE ELDER -
He who fears death has already lost the life he covets.
CATO THE ELDER -
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.
CATO THE ELDER -
There is a wide difference between true courage and a mere contempt of life.
CATO THE ELDER -
Tis sometimes the height of wisdom to feign stupidity.
CATO THE ELDER -
Lighter is the wound foreseen.
CATO THE ELDER -
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.
CATO THE ELDER -
Patience is the greatest of all virtues.
CATO THE ELDER