Be firm or mild as the occasion may require.
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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Even though work stops, expenses run on.
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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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If you are ruled by mind you are a king; if by body, a slave.
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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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Farming, if you do one thing late, you will be late in all your work.
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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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The hero saves us. Praise the hero! Now, who will save us from the hero?
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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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When you have observed how the field work has progressed, what things have been done, and what remains undone.
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Tis sometimes the height of wisdom to feign stupidity.
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Patience is the greatest of all virtues.
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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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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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