All mankind rules its women, and we rule all mankind, but our women rule us.
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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Wise men learn more from fools than fools from the wise.
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Moreover, I consider that Carthage should be destroyed.
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The public has more interest in the punishment of an injury than he who receives it.
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He is nearest to the gods who knows how to be silent.
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Speech is the gift of all, but the thought of few.
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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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Grasp the subject, the words will follow.
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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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Be firm or mild as the occasion may require.
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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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An orator is a good man who is skilled in speaking.
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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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Not at all. Once they have achieved equality, they will be your masters . . .
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Lighter is the wound foreseen.
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