Cessation of work is not accompanied by cessation of expenses
CATO THE ELDERI prefer to do right and get no thanks than to do wrong and receive no punishment.
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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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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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Farming, if you do one thing late, you will be late in all your work.
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Not at all. Once they have achieved equality, they will be your masters . . .
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We cannot control the evil tongues of others; but a good life enables us to disregard them.
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An orator is a good man who is skilled in speaking.
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Those who are serious in ridiculous matters will be ridiculous in serious matters.
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If you are ruled by mind you are a king; if by body, a slave.
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From lightest words sometimes the direst quarrel springs.
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Lighter is the wound foreseen.
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An angry man opens his mouth and shuts his eyes.
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You must keep her on a tight rein.
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The hero saves us. Praise the hero! Now, who will save us from the hero?
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Between the mouth and the morsel many things may happen.
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