When you have arrived at your country house and have saluted your household, you should make the rounds of the farm the same day, if possible; if not, then certainly the next day.
CATO THE ELDERA flourishing country should show its prosperity. “When you go in, look about, so that, when needs be, you can find your way out.
More Cato the Elder Quotes
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It is a difficult matter to argue with the belly since it has no ears.
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Not at all. Once they have achieved equality, they will be your masters . . .
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An angry man opens his mouth and shuts his eyes.
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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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All mankind rules its women, and we rule all mankind, but our women rule us.
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Farming, if you do one thing late, you will be late in all your work.
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You must keep her on a tight rein.
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He who fears death has already lost the life he covets.
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An orator is a good man who is skilled in speaking.
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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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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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From lightest words sometimes the direst quarrel springs.
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Anger so clouds the mind that it cannot perceive the truth.
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The hero saves us. Praise the hero! Now, who will save us from the hero?
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