Speech is the gift of all, but the thought of few.
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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After I’m dead I’d rather have people ask why I have no monument than why I have one.
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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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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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Wise men learn more from fools than fools from 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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The hero saves us. Praise the hero! Now, who will save us from the hero?
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Tis sometimes the height of wisdom to feign stupidity.
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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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Moreover, I consider that Carthage should be destroyed.
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Those who are serious in ridiculous matters will be ridiculous in serious matters.
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From lightest words sometimes the direst quarrel springs.
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Not at all. Once they have achieved equality, they will be your masters . . .
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The public has more interest in the punishment of an injury than he who receives it.
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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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