I prefer to do right and get no thanks than to do wrong and receive no punishment.
CATO THE ELDERThe hero saves us. Praise the hero! Now, who will save us from the hero?
More Cato the Elder Quotes
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Wise men learn more from fools than fools from the wise.
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There is a wide difference between true courage and a mere contempt of life.
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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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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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After I’m dead I’d rather have people ask why I have no monument than why I have one.
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Lighter is the wound foreseen.
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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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Patience is the greatest of all virtues.
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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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I can pardon everybody’s mistakes except my own.
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From lightest words sometimes the direst quarrel springs.
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Be firm or mild as the occasion may require.
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Farming, if you do one thing late, you will be late in all your work.
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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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We cannot control the evil tongues of others; but a good life enables us to disregard them.
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