If you are ruled by mind you are a king; if by body, a slave.
CATO THE ELDERHe who fears death has already lost the life he covets.
More Cato the Elder Quotes
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Be firm or mild as the occasion may require.
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I can pardon everybody’s mistakes except my own.
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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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Not at all. Once they have achieved equality, they will be your masters . . .
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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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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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You must keep her on a tight rein.
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It is a difficult matter to argue with the belly since it has no ears.
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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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Wise men learn more from fools than fools from the wise.
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Those who are serious in ridiculous matters will be ridiculous in serious matters.
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The worst ruler is one who cannot rule himself.
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Between the mouth and the morsel many things may happen.
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The public has more interest in the punishment of an injury than he who receives it.
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