You must keep her on a tight rein.
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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Anger so clouds the mind that it cannot perceive the truth.
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Furthermore, I think Carthage must 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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Wise men learn more from fools than fools from the wise.
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If you are ruled by mind you are a king; if by body, a slave.
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Be firm or mild as the occasion may require.
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There is a wide difference between true courage and a mere contempt of life.
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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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Those who are serious in ridiculous matters will be ridiculous in serious matters.
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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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When you have observed how the field work has progressed, what things have been done, and what remains undone.
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Moreover, I consider that Carthage should be destroyed.
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All mankind rules its women, and we rule all mankind, but our women rule us.
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Even though work stops, expenses run on.
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From lightest words sometimes the direst quarrel springs.
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