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.
CATO THE ELDERYou 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.
More Cato the Elder Quotes
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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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Be firm or mild as the occasion may require.
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I can pardon everybody’s mistakes except my own.
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The public has more interest in the punishment of an injury than he who receives it.
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Patience is the greatest of all virtues.
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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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An orator is a good man who is skilled in speaking.
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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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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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It is a difficult matter to argue with the belly since it has no ears.
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Lighter is the wound foreseen.
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Those who are serious in ridiculous matters will be ridiculous in serious matters.
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The hero saves us. Praise the hero! Now, who will save us from the hero?
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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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