Cessation of work is not accompanied by cessation of expenses
CATO THE ELDERI 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.
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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The public has more interest in the punishment of an injury than he who receives it.
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He is nearest to the gods who knows how to be silent.
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Buy not what you want, but what you have need of; what you do not want is dear at a farthing.
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Even though work stops, expenses run on.
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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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An angry man opens his mouth and shuts his eyes.
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An orator is a good man who is skilled in speaking.
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Anger so clouds the mind that it cannot perceive the truth.
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Wise men learn more from fools than fools from the wise.
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Moreover, I consider that Carthage should be destroyed.
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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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Patience is the greatest of all virtues.
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All mankind rules its women, and we rule all mankind, but our women rule us.
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Those who are serious in ridiculous matters will be ridiculous in serious matters.
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