Quotes 21 till 40 of 41.
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It is a difficult matter to argue with the belly since it has no ears.
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It is generally much more shameful to lose a good reputation than never to have acquired it.
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It is thus with farming, if you do one thing late, you will be late in all your work.
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Let honor be to us as strong an obligation as necessity is to others.
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Men are most apt to believe what they least understand.
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Now that I am sixty, I see why the idea of elder wisdom has passed from currency.
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Old age has deformities enough of its own. It should never add to them the deformity of vice.
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Parents today are under a lot of stress, sometimes working two jobs just to make ends meet. They're trying to find day care for their kids and elder care for their own parents. The Federal Government shouldn't add to their worries by not living up to its obligations.
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Prosperity tries the fortunate, adversity the great.
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Someone praising a man for his foolhardy bravery, Cato, the elder, said, ''There is a wide difference between true courage and a mere contempt of life.''
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The best way to keep good acts in memory is to refresh them with new.
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The enjoyments of this life are not equal to its evils.
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The master's eye is the best fertilizer.
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The only certainty is that nothing is certain.
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There is always something new out of Africa.
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True glory consists in doing what deserves to be written; in writing what deserves to be read; and in so living as to make the world happier and better for our living in it.
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When I was young I was amazed at Plutarch's statement that the elder Cato began at the age of eighty to learn Greek. I am amazed no longer. Old age is ready to undertake tasks that youth shirked because they would take too long.
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An orator is a good man who is skilled in speaking.
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