Suffer women once to arrive at an equality with you, and they will from that moment become your superiors.
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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After I am dead, I would rather have men ask why Cato has no monument than why he had one.
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Tis sometimes the height of wisdom to feign stupidity.
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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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If you are ruled by mind you are a king; if by body, a slave.
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Speech is the gift of all, but the thought of few.
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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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It is a difficult matter to argue with the belly since it has no ears.
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Patience is the greatest of all virtues.
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Be firm or mild as the occasion may require.
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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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The public has more interest in the punishment of an injury than he who receives it.
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An angry man opens his mouth and shuts his eyes.
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The worst ruler is one who cannot rule himself.
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He who fears death has already lost the life he covets.
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There is a wide difference between true courage and a mere contempt of life.
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