Patience is the greatest of all virtues.
CATO THE ELDERGrasp the subject, the words will follow.
More Cato the Elder Quotes
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From lightest words sometimes the direst quarrel springs.
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He is nearest to the gods who knows how to be silent.
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Anger so clouds the mind that it cannot perceive the truth.
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We cannot control the evil tongues of others; but a good life enables us to disregard them.
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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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Grasp the subject, the words will follow.
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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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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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There is a wide difference between true courage and a mere contempt of life.
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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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After I am dead, I would rather have men ask why Cato has no monument than why he had one.
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He who fears death has already lost the life he covets.
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Wise men learn more from fools than fools from the wise.
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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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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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