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.
CATO THE ELDERMoreover, I consider that Carthage should be destroyed.
More Cato the Elder Quotes
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If you are ruled by mind you are a king; if by body, a slave.
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Cessation of work is not accompanied by cessation of expenses
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Tis sometimes the height of wisdom to feign stupidity.
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A flourishing country should show its prosperity. “When you go in, look about, so that, when needs be, you can find your way out.
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An angry man opens his mouth and shuts his eyes.
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Moreover, I consider that Carthage should be destroyed.
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Speech is the gift of all, but the thought of few.
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I can pardon everybody’s mistakes except my own.
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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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When you have observed how the field work has progressed, what things have been done, and what remains undone.
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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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The hero saves us. Praise the hero! Now, who will save us from the hero?
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The public has more interest in the punishment of an injury than he who receives it.
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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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Between the mouth and the morsel many things may happen.
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