Suffer women once to arrive at an equality with you, and they will from that moment become your superiors.
CATO THE ELDERLighter is the wound foreseen.
More Cato the Elder Quotes
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There is a wide difference between true courage and a mere contempt of life.
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Speech is the gift of all, but the thought of few.
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All mankind rules its women, and we rule all mankind, but our women rule us.
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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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The worst ruler is one who cannot rule himself.
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The hero saves us. Praise the hero! Now, who will save us from the hero?
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Moreover, I consider that Carthage should be destroyed.
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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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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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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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Not at all. Once they have achieved equality, they will be your masters . . .
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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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Anger so clouds the mind that it cannot perceive the truth.
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The public has more interest in the punishment of an injury than he who receives it.
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Between the mouth and the morsel many things may happen.
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