From lightest words sometimes the direst quarrel springs.
CATO THE ELDERGrasp the subject, the words will follow.
More Cato the Elder Quotes
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Not at all. Once they have achieved equality, they will be your masters . . .
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Between the mouth and the morsel many things may happen.
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Grasp the subject, the words will follow.
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Wise men learn more from fools than fools from the wise.
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Patience is the greatest of all virtues.
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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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After I’m dead I’d rather have people ask why I have no monument than why I have one.
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Those who are serious in ridiculous matters will be ridiculous in serious matters.
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I prefer to do right and get no thanks than to do wrong and receive no punishment.
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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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You must keep her on a tight rein.
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He is nearest to the gods who knows how to be silent.
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If you are ruled by mind you are a king; if by body, a slave.
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Furthermore, I think Carthage must be destroyed.
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The public has more interest in the punishment of an injury than he who receives it.
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