Suffer women once to arrive at an equality with you, and they will from that moment become your superiors.
CATO THE ELDERHe who fears death has already lost the life he covets.
More Cato the Elder Quotes
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I can pardon everybody’s mistakes except my own.
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All mankind rules its women, and we rule all mankind, but our women rule us.
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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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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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It is a difficult matter to argue with the belly since it has no ears.
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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 learn more from fools than fools from the wise.
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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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After I’m dead I’d rather have people ask why I have no monument than why I have one.
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Lighter is the wound foreseen.
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Those who are serious in ridiculous matters will be ridiculous in serious matters.
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An orator is a good man who is skilled in speaking.
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Grasp the subject, the words will follow.
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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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He is nearest to the gods who knows how to be silent.
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