When you have observed how the field work has progressed, what things have been done, and what remains undone.
CATO THE ELDERHe who fears death has already lost the life he covets.
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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Grasp the subject, the words will follow.
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It is a difficult matter to argue with the belly since it has no ears.
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Furthermore, I think Carthage must be destroyed.
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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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There is a wide difference between true courage and a mere contempt of life.
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From lightest words sometimes the direst quarrel springs.
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He is nearest to the gods who knows how to be silent.
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Moreover, I consider that Carthage should be destroyed.
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If you are ruled by mind you are a king; if by body, a slave.
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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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Cessation of work is not accompanied by cessation of expenses
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Women want total freedom or rather – to call things by their names – total licence. If you allow them to achieve complete equality with men, do you think they will be easier to live with?
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Patience is the greatest of all virtues.
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Be firm or mild as the occasion may require.
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