I prefer to do right and get no thanks than to do wrong and receive no punishment.
CATO THE ELDERPatience is the greatest of all virtues.
More Cato the Elder Quotes
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Speech is the gift of all, but the thought of few.
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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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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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Not at all. Once they have achieved equality, they will be your masters . . .
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The more you go, the more will the place please you, if it be worth your attention. Give heed to the appearance of the neighbourhood.
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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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He is nearest to the gods who knows how to be silent.
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Wise men learn more from fools than fools from the wise.
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An orator is a good man who is skilled in speaking.
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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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Furthermore, I think Carthage must be destroyed.
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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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If you are ruled by mind you are a king; if by body, a slave.
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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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