Moreover, I consider that Carthage should be destroyed.
CATO THE ELDERLighter is the wound foreseen.
More Cato the Elder Quotes
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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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Patience is the greatest of all virtues.
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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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From lightest words sometimes the direst quarrel springs.
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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 decided to purchase a farm, be careful not to buy rashly; do not spare your visits and be not content with a single tour of inspection.
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Even though work stops, expenses run on.
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Cessation of work is not accompanied by cessation of expenses
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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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Furthermore, I think Carthage must be destroyed.
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The public has more interest in the punishment of an injury than he who receives it.
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The worst ruler is one who cannot rule himself.
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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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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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