Cato the Elder Quotes
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Be firm or mild as the occasion may require.
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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. 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, - 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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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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Even though work stops, expenses run on.
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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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An angry man opens his mouth and shuts his eyes.
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He is nearest to the gods who knows how to be silent.
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Those who are serious in ridiculous matters will be ridiculous in serious matters.
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If you are ruled by mind you are a king; if by body, a slave.
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I can pardon everybody's mistakes except my own.
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Cessation of work is not accompanied by cessation of expenses
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Between the mouth and the morsel many things may happen.
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The public has more interest in the punishment of an injury than he who receives it.
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Grasp the subject, the words will follow.