It is a difficult matter to argue with the belly since it has no ears.
CATO THE ELDERMoreover, I consider that Carthage should be destroyed.
More Cato the Elder Quotes
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Wise men learn more from fools than fools from the wise.
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The public has more interest in the punishment of an injury than he who receives it.
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Anger so clouds the mind that it cannot perceive the truth.
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All mankind rules its women, and we rule all mankind, but our women rule us.
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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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An orator is a good man who is skilled in speaking.
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Cessation of work is not accompanied by cessation of expenses
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Speech is the gift of all, but the thought of few.
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He is nearest to the gods who knows how to be silent.
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From lightest words sometimes the direst quarrel springs.
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Moreover, I consider that Carthage should be destroyed.
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Between the mouth and the morsel many things may happen.
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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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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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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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