Anger so clouds the mind that it cannot perceive the truth.
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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Farming, if you do one thing late, you will be late in all your work.
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An angry man opens his mouth and shuts his eyes.
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Furthermore, I think Carthage must 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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I prefer to do right and get no thanks than to do wrong and receive no punishment.
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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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Those who are serious in ridiculous matters will be ridiculous in serious matters.
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All mankind rules its women, and we rule all mankind, but our women rule us.
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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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Suffer women once to arrive at an equality with you, and they will from that moment become your superiors.
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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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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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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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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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