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.
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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I can pardon everybody’s mistakes except my own.
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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 prefer to do right and get no thanks than to do wrong and receive no punishment.
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Anger so clouds the mind that it cannot perceive the truth.
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The public has more interest in the punishment of an injury than he who receives it.
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Cessation of work is not accompanied by cessation of expenses
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Even though work stops, expenses run on.
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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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An orator is a good man who is skilled in speaking.
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From lightest words sometimes the direst quarrel springs.
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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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Between the mouth and the morsel many things may happen.
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Not at all. Once they have achieved equality, they will be your masters . . .
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