All mankind rules its women, and we rule all mankind, but our women rule us.
CATO THE ELDERAnger so clouds the mind that it cannot perceive the truth.
More Cato the Elder Quotes
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When you have arrived at your country house and have saluted your household, you should make the rounds of the farm the same day, if possible; if not, then certainly the next day.
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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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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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He is nearest to the gods who knows how to be silent.
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From lightest words sometimes the direst quarrel springs.
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Farming, if you do one thing late, you will be late in all your work.
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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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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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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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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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An angry man opens his mouth and shuts his eyes.
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Patience is the greatest of all virtues.
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Even though work stops, expenses run on.
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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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