Moreover, I consider that Carthage should be destroyed.
CATO THE ELDERWomen 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?
More Cato the Elder Quotes
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An orator is a good man who is skilled in speaking.
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The hero saves us. Praise the hero! Now, who will save us from the hero?
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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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Wise men learn more from fools than fools from the wise.
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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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Not at all. Once they have achieved equality, they will be your masters . . .
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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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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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It is a difficult matter to argue with the belly since it has no ears.
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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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The worst ruler is one who cannot rule himself.
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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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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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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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Lighter is the wound foreseen.
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