Those who are serious in ridiculous matters will be ridiculous in serious matters.
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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Farming, if you do one thing late, you will be late in all your work.
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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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All mankind rules its women, and we rule all mankind, but our women rule us.
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Speech is the gift of all, but the thought of few.
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Tis sometimes the height of wisdom to feign stupidity.
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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 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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Grasp the subject, the words will follow.
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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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I can pardon everybody’s mistakes except my own.
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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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Wise men profit more from fools than fools from wise men; for the wise men shun the mistakes of fools, but fools do not imitate the successes of 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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I prefer to do right and get no thanks than to do wrong and receive no punishment.
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He is nearest to the gods who knows how to be silent.
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