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.
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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Moreover, I consider that Carthage should be destroyed.
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He who fears death has already lost the life he covets.
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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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There is a wide difference between true courage and a mere contempt of life.
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I can pardon everybody’s mistakes except my own.
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Not at all. Once they have achieved equality, they will be your masters . . .
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It is a difficult matter to argue with the belly since it has no ears.
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He is nearest to the gods who knows how to be silent.
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Speech is the gift of all, but the thought of few.
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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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Patience is the greatest of all virtues.
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If you are ruled by mind you are a king; if by body, a slave.
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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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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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Those who are serious in ridiculous matters will be ridiculous in serious matters.
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