Between the mouth and the morsel many things may happen.
CATO THE ELDERAn angry man opens his mouth and shuts his eyes.
More Cato the Elder Quotes
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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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Those who are serious in ridiculous matters will be ridiculous in serious matters.
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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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Even though work stops, expenses run on.
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Lighter is the wound foreseen.
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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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Speech is the gift of all, but the thought of few.
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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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Tis sometimes the height of wisdom to feign stupidity.
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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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An angry man opens his mouth and shuts his eyes.
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Not at all. Once they have achieved equality, they will be your masters . . .
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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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Be firm or mild as the occasion may require.
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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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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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Patience is the greatest of all virtues.
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All mankind rules its women, and we rule all mankind, but our women rule us.
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Grasp the subject, the words will follow.
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An orator is a good man who is skilled in speaking.
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The hero saves us. Praise the hero! Now, who will save us from the hero?
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After I am dead, I would rather have men ask why Cato has no monument than why he had one.
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Furthermore, I think Carthage must be destroyed.
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The public has more interest in the punishment of an injury than he who receives it.
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