He is nearest to the gods who knows how to be silent.
CATO THE ELDERPatience is the greatest of all virtues.
More Cato the Elder Quotes
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There is a wide difference between true courage and a mere contempt of life.
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Be firm or mild as the occasion may require.
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Lighter is the wound foreseen.
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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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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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After I am dead, I would rather have men ask why Cato has no monument than why he had one.
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The worst ruler is one who cannot rule himself.
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Farming, if you do one thing late, you will be late in all your work.
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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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Between the mouth and the morsel many things may happen.
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You must keep her on a tight rein.
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All mankind rules its women, and we rule all mankind, but our women rule us.
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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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