Moreover, I consider that Carthage should be destroyed.
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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Tis sometimes the height of wisdom to feign stupidity.
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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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Grasp the subject, the words will follow.
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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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When you have observed how the field work has progressed, what things have been done, and what remains undone.
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Not at all. Once they have achieved equality, they will be your masters . . .
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I think the first virtue is to restrain the tongue; he approaches nearest to gods who knows how to be silent, even though he is in the right.
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If you are ruled by mind you are a king; if by body, a slave.
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Furthermore, I think Carthage must be destroyed.
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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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Be firm or mild as the occasion may require.
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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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I prefer to do right and get no thanks than to do wrong and receive no punishment.
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Between the mouth and the morsel many things may happen.
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The hero saves us. Praise the hero! Now, who will save us from the hero?
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