He is nearest to the gods who knows how to be silent.
CATO THE ELDERSuffer women once to arrive at an equality with you, and they will from that moment become your superiors.
More Cato the Elder Quotes
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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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Patience is the greatest of all virtues.
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Those who are serious in ridiculous matters will be ridiculous in serious matters.
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All mankind rules its women, and we rule all mankind, but our women rule us.
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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.
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Tis sometimes the height of wisdom to feign stupidity.
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Even though work stops, expenses run on.
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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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I prefer to do right and get no thanks than to do wrong and receive no punishment.
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Moreover, I consider that Carthage should be destroyed.
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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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When you have observed how the field work has progressed, what things have been done, and what remains undone.
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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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Not at all. Once they have achieved equality, they will be your masters . . .
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The public has more interest in the punishment of an injury than he who receives it.
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