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.
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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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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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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Even though work stops, expenses run on.
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Woman is a violent and uncontrolled animal, and it is useless to let go the reins and then expect her not to kick over the traces.
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There is a wide difference between true courage and a mere contempt of life.
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He is nearest to the gods who knows how to be silent.
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Farming, if you do one thing late, you will be late in all your work.
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Those who are serious in ridiculous matters will be ridiculous in serious matters.
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Moreover, I consider that Carthage should 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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Be firm or mild as the occasion may require.
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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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Speech is the gift of all, but the thought of few.
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Anger so clouds the mind that it cannot perceive the truth.
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It is a difficult matter to argue with the belly since it has no ears.
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If you are ruled by mind you are a king; if by body, a slave.
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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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You must keep her on a tight rein.
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From lightest words sometimes the direst quarrel springs.
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The worst ruler is one who cannot rule himself.
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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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After I’m dead I’d rather have people ask why I have no monument than why I have one.
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Grasp the subject, the words will follow.
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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 public has more interest in the punishment of an injury than he who receives it.
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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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