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May 25, 2008 by kevinstilley

Marcus Porcius Cato – Select Quotes

Marcus Porcius CatoSuffer women once to arrive at an equality with you, and they will from that moment become your superiors.

Emas, non quod opus est, sed quod necesse est: quod non opus est, asse carum est. [Buy not what you can use, but what you cannot do without. What you do not need is dear at any price.]
~ quoted by Seneca in Epistulae, xciv, 28

Fures privatorum in nervo atque in compedibus aetatem agunt; Fures publici in auro atque in purpura. [Those who steal from private individuals spend their lives in stocks and chains; those who steal from the public treasure go dressed in gold and purple.”
~ in Praeda militibus dividenda

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