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.
CATO THE ELDERMoreover, I consider that Carthage should be destroyed.
More Cato the Elder Quotes
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Suffer women once to arrive at an equality with you, and they will from that moment become your superiors.
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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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If you are ruled by mind you are a king; if by body, a slave.
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When you have decided to purchase a farm, be careful not to buy rashly; do not spare your visits and be not content with a single tour of inspection.
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I can pardon everybody’s mistakes except my own.
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Lighter is the wound foreseen.
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I think the first virtue is to restrain the tongue; he approaches nearest to gods who knows how to be silent, even though he is in the right.
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Patience is the greatest of all virtues.
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An orator is a good man who is skilled in speaking.
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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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Tis sometimes the height of wisdom to feign stupidity.
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Be firm or mild as the occasion may require.
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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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He is nearest to the gods who knows how to be silent.
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