Between the mouth and the morsel many things may happen.
CATO THE ELDERWoman 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.
More Cato the Elder Quotes
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Be firm or mild as the occasion may require.
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Those who are serious in ridiculous matters will be ridiculous in serious matters.
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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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Moreover, I consider that Carthage should be destroyed.
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He is nearest to the gods who knows how to be silent.
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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 worst ruler is one who cannot rule himself.
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Tis sometimes the height of wisdom to feign stupidity.
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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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If you are ruled by mind you are a king; if by body, a slave.
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Lighter is the wound foreseen.
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Cessation of work is not accompanied by cessation of expenses
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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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After I’m dead I’d rather have people ask why I have no monument than why I have one.
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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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