Buy not what you want, but what you have need of; what you do not want is dear at a farthing.
CATO THE ELDERBetween the mouth and the morsel many things may happen.
More Cato the Elder Quotes
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Furthermore, I think Carthage must be destroyed.
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Lighter is the wound foreseen.
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Be firm or mild as the occasion may require.
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Those who are serious in ridiculous matters will be ridiculous in serious matters.
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He who fears death has already lost the life he covets.
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I can pardon everybody’s mistakes except my own.
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He is nearest to the gods who knows how to be silent.
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Farming, if you do one thing late, you will be late in all your work.
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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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Anger so clouds the mind that it cannot perceive the truth.
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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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Tis sometimes the height of wisdom to feign stupidity.
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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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Speech is the gift of all, but the thought of few.
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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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