Lighter is the wound foreseen.
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.
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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 public has more interest in the punishment of an injury than he who receives it.
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Speech is the gift of all, but the thought of few.
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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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We cannot control the evil tongues of others; but a good life enables us to disregard them.
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I can pardon everybody’s mistakes except my own.
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He who fears death has already lost the life he covets.
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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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Be firm or mild as the occasion may require.
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Not at all. Once they have achieved equality, they will be your masters . . .
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Woman is a violent and uncontrolled animal, and it is useless to let go the reins and then expect her not to kick over the traces.
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Moreover, I consider that Carthage should be destroyed.
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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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An orator is a good man who is skilled in speaking.
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Patience is the greatest of all virtues.
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