When you have observed how the field work has progressed, what things have been done, and what remains undone.
CATO THE ELDER
Be firm or mild as the occasion may require.
More Cato the Elder Quotes
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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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The worst ruler is one who cannot rule himself.
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We cannot control the evil tongues of others; but a good life enables us to disregard them.
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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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Speech is the gift of all, but the thought of few.
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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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An orator is a good man who is skilled in speaking.
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Be firm or mild as the occasion may require.
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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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The public has more interest in the punishment of an injury than he who receives it.
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There is a wide difference between true courage and a mere contempt of life.
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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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He is nearest to the gods who knows how to be silent.
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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.
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Between the mouth and the morsel many things may happen.
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