Patience is the greatest of all virtues.
CATO THE ELDERYou must keep her on a tight rein.
More Cato the Elder Quotes
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The more you go, the more will the place please you, if it be worth your attention. Give heed to the appearance of the neighbourhood.
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Those who are serious in ridiculous matters will be ridiculous in serious matters.
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Tis sometimes the height of wisdom to feign stupidity.
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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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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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We cannot control the evil tongues of others; but a good life enables us to disregard them.
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Speech is the gift of all, but the thought of few.
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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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He who fears death has already lost the life he covets.
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Even though work stops, expenses run on.
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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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It is a difficult matter to argue with the belly since it has no ears.
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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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The public has more interest in the punishment of an injury than he who receives it.
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