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Cato the Elder (/ˈkeɪtoʊ/; Latin: Cato Major; 234–149 BC), born Marcus Porcius Cato[n 1] and also known as Cato the Censor (Cato Censorius), Cato the Wise (Cato Sapiens), and Cato the Ancient (Cato Priscus), was a Roman senator and historian known for his conservatism and opposition to Hellenization. He was the first to write history in Latin.

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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.

Buy, Dear, Farthing, Needs, Want, What You Want

Even though work stops, expenses run on.

Expenses, Running, Stops, Though, Work

Grasp the subject, the words will follow.

Communication, Follow, Grasp, Language, Self Improvement, Subject

There is a wide difference between true courage and a mere contempt of life.

Contempt, Courage, Differences, True, True Courage, Wide

The hero saves us. Praise the hero! Now, who will save us from the hero?

Hero, Praise, Save, Saves

After I'm dead I'd rather have people ask why I have no monument than why I have one.

Ask, Clever, Dead, Life, People, Witty

From lightest words sometimes the direst quarrel springs.

Direst, Lightest, Quarrels, Sometimes, Spring, Springs

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.

Success, Wise, Mistake, Shun, Imitate

After I am dead, I would rather have men ask why Cato has no monument than why he had one.

Men, Idols, Cato, Monument, Dead

Cessation of work is not accompanied by cessation of expenses

Accompanied, Cessation, Funny Retirement, Inspirational, Work

I can pardon everybody's mistakes except my own.

Forgiveness, Mistake, Pardon, Except, Mistakes

An orator is a good man who is skilled in speaking.

Good Man, Man, Men, Orator, Orators, Skilled

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.

Anger, God, Gods, Right, Thinking, Virtue

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. You must keep her on a tight rein. . . 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? Not at all. Once they have achieved equality, they will be your masters. . .

Achieve, Animal, Letting Go, Names, Thinking, Total

An angry man opens his mouth and shuts his eyes.

Anger, Angry, Educational, Eye, Mouth, Shuts

Farming, if you do one thing late, you will be late in all your work.

Agriculture, Farming, Late, Thing, Work

Patience is the greatest of all virtues.

Patience, Virtue, Fame, Greatest, Virtues

We cannot control the evil tongues of others; but a good life enables us to disregard them.

Evil, Good Life, Inspirational, Life, Tongues

When you have arrived at your country house and have saluted your household, you should make the rounds of the farm the same day, if possible; if not, then certainly the next day. When you have observed how the field work has progressed, what things have been done, and what remains undone, 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.

Country, Wine, Next Day, Gathered, Make, Observed

All mankind rules its women, and we rule all mankind, but our women rule us.

Mankind, Rule, Rules, Women

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