A flourishing country should show its prosperity. “When you go in, look about, so that, when needs be, you can find your way out.
CATO THE ELDERLighter is the wound foreseen.
More Cato the Elder Quotes
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An orator is a good man who is skilled in speaking.
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There is a wide difference between true courage and a mere contempt of life.
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Between the mouth and the morsel many things may happen.
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Moreover, I consider that Carthage should be destroyed.
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Cessation of work is not accompanied by cessation of expenses
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Grasp the subject, the words will follow.
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If you are ruled by mind you are a king; if by body, a slave.
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I can pardon everybody’s mistakes except my own.
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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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An angry man opens his mouth and shuts his eyes.
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I prefer to do right and get no thanks than to do wrong and receive no punishment.
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Patience is the greatest of all virtues.
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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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Farming, if you do one thing late, you will be late in all your work.
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He is nearest to the gods who knows how to be silent.
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The worst ruler is one who cannot rule himself.
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Be firm or mild as the occasion may require.
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Tis sometimes the height of wisdom to feign stupidity.
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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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All mankind rules its women, and we rule all mankind, but our women rule us.
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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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He who fears death has already lost the life he covets.
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Not at all. Once they have achieved equality, they will be your masters . . .
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Wise men learn more from fools than fools from the wise.
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You must keep her on a tight rein.
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Even though work stops, expenses run on.
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