Between the mouth and the morsel many things may happen.
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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Lighter is the wound foreseen.
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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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Be firm or mild as the occasion may require.
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The hero saves us. Praise the hero! Now, who will save us from the hero?
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Not at all. Once they have achieved equality, they will be your masters . . .
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Speech is the gift of all, but the thought of few.
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Tis sometimes the height of wisdom to feign stupidity.
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An angry man opens his mouth and shuts his eyes.
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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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Patience is the greatest of all virtues.
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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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Anger so clouds the mind that it cannot perceive the truth.
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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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Moreover, I consider that Carthage should be destroyed.
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Even though work stops, expenses run on.
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He is nearest to the gods who knows how to be silent.
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All mankind rules its women, and we rule all mankind, but our women rule us.
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From lightest words sometimes the direst quarrel springs.
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Suffer women once to arrive at an equality with you, and they will from that moment become your superiors.
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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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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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After I am dead, I would rather have men ask why Cato has no monument than why he had one.
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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 observed how the field work has progressed, what things have been done, and what remains undone.
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