Moreover, I consider that Carthage should be destroyed.
CATO THE ELDERIf you are ruled by mind you are a king; if by body, a slave.
More Cato the Elder Quotes
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All mankind rules its women, and we rule all mankind, but our women rule us.
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Women want total freedom or rather – to call things by their names – total licence. If you allow them to achieve complete equality with men, do you think they will be easier to live with?
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Speech is the gift of all, but the thought of few.
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Those who are serious in ridiculous matters will be ridiculous in serious matters.
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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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The worst ruler is one who cannot rule himself.
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Tis sometimes the height of wisdom to feign stupidity.
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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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Anger so clouds the mind that it cannot perceive the truth.
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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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Between the mouth and the morsel many things may happen.
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Grasp the subject, the words will follow.
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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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Suffer women once to arrive at an equality with you, and they will from that moment become your superiors.
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