After I’m dead I’d rather have people ask why I have no monument than why I have one.
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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When you have observed how the field work has progressed, what things have been done, and what remains undone.
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Suffer women once to arrive at an equality with you, and they will from that moment become your superiors.
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When you have decided to purchase a farm, be careful not to buy rashly; do not spare your visits and be not content with a single tour of inspection.
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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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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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All mankind rules its women, and we rule all mankind, but our women rule us.
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Speech is the gift of all, but the thought of few.
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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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Tis sometimes the height of wisdom to feign stupidity.
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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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Those who are serious in ridiculous matters will be ridiculous in serious matters.
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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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He who fears death has already lost the life he covets.
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You must keep her on a tight rein.
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