Anger so clouds the mind that it cannot perceive the truth.
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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You must keep her on a tight rein.
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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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The hero saves us. Praise the hero! Now, who will save us from the hero?
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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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Moreover, I consider that Carthage should be destroyed.
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From lightest words sometimes the direst quarrel springs.
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Be firm or mild as the occasion may require.
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I can pardon everybody’s mistakes except my own.
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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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If you are ruled by mind you are a king; if by body, a slave.
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Tis sometimes the height of wisdom to feign stupidity.
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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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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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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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