Farming, if you do one thing late, you will be late in all your work.
CATO THE ELDERLighter is the wound foreseen.
More Cato the Elder Quotes
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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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After I am dead, I would rather have men ask why Cato has no monument than why he had one.
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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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Speech is the gift of all, but the thought of few.
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Patience is the greatest of all virtues.
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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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Cessation of work is not accompanied by cessation of expenses
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Anger so clouds the mind that it cannot perceive the truth.
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An orator is a good man who is skilled in speaking.
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Between the mouth and the morsel many things may happen.
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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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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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All mankind rules its women, and we rule all mankind, but our women rule us.
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