From lightest words sometimes the direst quarrel springs.
CATO THE ELDERYou must keep her on a tight rein.
More Cato the Elder Quotes
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The hero saves us. Praise the hero! Now, who will save us from the hero?
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Farming, if you do one thing late, you will be late in all your work.
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A flourishing country should show its prosperity. “When you go in, look about, so that, when needs be, you can find your way out.
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There is a wide difference between true courage and a mere contempt of life.
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He is nearest to the gods who knows how to be silent.
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When you have observed how the field work has progressed, what things have been done, and what remains undone.
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All mankind rules its women, and we rule all mankind, but our women rule us.
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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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Furthermore, I think Carthage must be destroyed.
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An orator is a good man who is skilled in speaking.
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The worst ruler is one who cannot rule himself.
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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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Anger so clouds the mind that it cannot perceive the truth.
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Those who are serious in ridiculous matters will be ridiculous in serious matters.
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I think the first virtue is to restrain the tongue; he approaches nearest to gods who knows how to be silent, even though he is in the right.
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