Grasp the subject, the words will follow.
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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Patience is the greatest of all virtues.
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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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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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We cannot control the evil tongues of others; but a good life enables us to disregard them.
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Lighter is the wound foreseen.
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Speech is the gift of all, but the thought of few.
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Between the mouth and the morsel many things may happen.
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Not at all. Once they have achieved equality, they will be your masters . . .
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He who fears death has already lost the life he covets.
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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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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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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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He is nearest to the gods who knows how to be silent.
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From lightest words sometimes the direst quarrel springs.
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