Cessation of work is not accompanied by cessation of expenses
CATO THE ELDERWhen you have observed how the field work has progressed, what things have been done, and what remains undone.
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If you are ruled by mind you are a king; if by body, a slave.
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Speech is the gift of all, but the thought of few.
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The worst ruler is one who cannot rule himself.
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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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Lighter is the wound foreseen.
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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 is nearest to the gods who knows how to be silent.
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Furthermore, I think Carthage must be destroyed.
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The hero saves us. Praise the hero! Now, who will save us from the hero?
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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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The public has more interest in the punishment of an injury than he who receives it.
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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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Not at all. Once they have achieved equality, they will be your masters . . .
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Even though work stops, expenses run on.
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Anger so clouds the mind that it cannot perceive the truth.
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