Lighter is the wound foreseen.
CATO THE ELDERSpeech is the gift of all, but the thought of few.
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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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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I can pardon everybody’s mistakes except my own.
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Be firm or mild as the occasion may require.
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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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The hero saves us. Praise the hero! Now, who will save us from the hero?
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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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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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Suffer women once to arrive at an equality with you, and they will from that moment become your superiors.
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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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If you are ruled by mind you are a king; if by body, a slave.
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Wise men learn more from fools than fools from the wise.
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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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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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