Patience is the greatest of all virtues.
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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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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Wise men learn more from fools than fools from the wise.
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There is a wide difference between true courage and a mere contempt of life.
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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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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 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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All mankind rules its women, and we rule all mankind, but our women rule us.
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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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The hero saves us. Praise the hero! Now, who will save us from the hero?
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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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An angry man opens his mouth and shuts his eyes.
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He who fears death has already lost the life he covets.
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Farming, if you do one thing late, you will be late in all your work.
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