Patience is the greatest of all virtues.
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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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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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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From lightest words sometimes the direst quarrel springs.
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The hero saves us. Praise the hero! Now, who will save us from the hero?
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The worst ruler is one who cannot rule himself.
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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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Suffer women once to arrive at an equality with you, and they will from that moment become your superiors.
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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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When you have observed how the field work has progressed, what things have been done, and what remains undone.
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An orator is a good man who is skilled in speaking.
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He who fears death has already lost the life he covets.
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The public has more interest in the punishment of an injury than he who receives it.
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An angry man opens his mouth and shuts his eyes.
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If you are ruled by mind you are a king; if by body, a slave.
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Grasp the subject, the words will follow.
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