All mankind rules its women, and we rule all mankind, but our women rule us.
CATO THE ELDERThere is a wide difference between true courage and a mere contempt of life.
More Cato the Elder Quotes
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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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I can pardon everybody’s mistakes except my own.
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The public has more interest in the punishment of an injury than he who receives it.
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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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After I’m dead I’d rather have people ask why I have no monument than why I have one.
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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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If you are ruled by mind you are a king; if by body, a slave.
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Between the mouth and the morsel many things may happen.
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Those who are serious in ridiculous matters will be ridiculous in serious matters.
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He is nearest to the gods who knows how to be silent.
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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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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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I prefer to do right and get no thanks than to do wrong and receive no punishment.
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Even though work stops, expenses run on.
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