Cessation of work is not accompanied by cessation of expenses
CATO THE ELDERLighter is the wound foreseen.
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It is a difficult matter to argue with the belly since it has no ears.
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There is a wide difference between true courage and a mere contempt of life.
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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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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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Even though work stops, expenses run on.
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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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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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From lightest words sometimes the direst quarrel springs.
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Tis sometimes the height of wisdom to feign stupidity.
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He who fears death has already lost the life he covets.
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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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Lighter is the wound foreseen.
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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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If you are ruled by mind you are a king; if by body, a slave.
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Moreover, I consider that Carthage should be destroyed.
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