You must keep her on a tight rein.
CATO THE ELDERYou must keep her on a tight rein.
CATO THE ELDERWise men learn more from fools than fools from the wise.
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?
CATO THE ELDERWe cannot control the evil tongues of others; but a good life enables us to disregard them.
CATO THE ELDERSpeech is the gift of all, but the thought of few.
CATO THE ELDERIf you are ruled by mind you are a king; if by body, a slave.
CATO THE ELDERTis sometimes the height of wisdom to feign stupidity.
CATO THE ELDERBuy not what you want, but what you have need of; what you do not want is dear at a farthing.
CATO THE ELDERThe more you go, the more will the place please you, if it be worth your attention. Give heed to the appearance of the neighbourhood.
CATO THE ELDERAfter I am dead, I would rather have men ask why Cato has no monument than why he had one.
CATO THE ELDERWhen you have observed how the field work has progressed, what things have been done, and what remains undone.
CATO THE ELDERGrasp the subject, the words will follow.
CATO THE ELDERMoreover, I consider that Carthage should be destroyed.
CATO THE ELDERYou 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.
CATO THE ELDERThere is a wide difference between true courage and a mere contempt of life.
CATO THE ELDERAll mankind rules its women, and we rule all mankind, but our women rule us.
CATO THE ELDER