Marcus Porcius Cato

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“All mankind rules its women, and we rule all mankind, but our women rule us.”
— In bitter criticism of the prevalent domination of women (The Classical weekly, Vol. 25–26, 1932, p. 273).
“Ceterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.”
— Sometimes quoted as Carthago delenda est.
“Emas non quod opus est, sed quod necesse est. Quod non opus est, asse carum est.”
— Buy not what you want, but what you have need of; what you do not want is dear at a farthing.
“Wise men learn more from fools than fools from the wise.”
— Plutarch's Life of Cato Variant: 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.
“I would much rather have men ask why I have no statue, than why I have one.”
— Attributed to Cato in Plutarch, Parallel Lives 19:4.
“The pursuits of commerce would be as admirable as they are profitable if they were not subject to so great risks: and so, likewise, of banking, if it was always honestly conducted. For our ancestors considered, and so ordained in their laws, that, while the thief should be cast in double damages, the usurer should make four-fold restitution.”
— Introduction: of the dignity of the farmer

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