From lightest words sometimes the direst quarrel springs.
CATO THE ELDERWhen you have observed how the field work has progressed, what things have been done, and what remains undone.
More Cato the Elder Quotes
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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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Grasp the subject, the words will follow.
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The hero saves us. Praise the hero! Now, who will save us from the hero?
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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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Furthermore, I think Carthage must be destroyed.
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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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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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It is a difficult matter to argue with the belly since it has no ears.
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Between the mouth and the morsel many things may happen.
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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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Lighter is the wound foreseen.
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There is a wide difference between true courage and a mere contempt of life.
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An angry man opens his mouth and shuts his eyes.
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Wise men learn more from fools than fools from the wise.
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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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