Even though work stops, expenses run on.
CATO THE ELDERBe firm or mild as the occasion may require.
More Cato the Elder Quotes
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Patience is the greatest of all virtues.
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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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I prefer to do right and get no thanks than to do wrong and receive no punishment.
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Cessation of work is not accompanied by cessation of expenses
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There is a wide difference between true courage and a mere contempt of life.
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Lighter is the wound foreseen.
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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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Not at all. Once they have achieved equality, they will be your masters . . .
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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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Woman is a violent and uncontrolled animal, and it is useless to let go the reins and then expect her not to kick over the traces.
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Farming, if you do one thing late, you will be late in all your work.
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Moreover, I consider that Carthage should be destroyed.
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He who fears death has already lost the life he covets.
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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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Tis sometimes the height of wisdom to feign stupidity.
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