Wise men learn more from fools than fools from the wise.
CATO THE ELDERYou must keep her on a tight rein.
More Cato the Elder Quotes
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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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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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Even though work stops, expenses run on.
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Farming, if you do one thing late, you will be late in all your work.
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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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We cannot control the evil tongues of others; but a good life enables us to disregard them.
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Not at all. Once they have achieved equality, they will be your masters . . .
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If you are ruled by mind you are a king; if by body, a slave.
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The hero saves us. Praise the hero! Now, who will save us from the hero?
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An angry man opens his mouth and shuts his eyes.
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Between the mouth and the morsel many things may happen.
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He who fears death has already lost the life he covets.
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Anger so clouds the mind that it cannot perceive the truth.
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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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