Cato the Elder Quote Explained: Farming, if you do one thing late, you will be late in all your work.

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

Roman Statesman

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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.

- Cato the Elder

Roman Statesman

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What You Want

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I prefer to do right and get no thanks than to do wrong and receive no punishment.

- Cato the Elder

Roman Statesman

· Italy

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

- Cato the Elder

Roman Statesman

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Human

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If you are ruled by mind you are a king; if by body, a slave.

- Cato the Elder

Roman Statesman

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Cessation of work is not accompanied by cessation of expenses

- Cato the Elder

Roman Statesman

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Work

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

- Cato the Elder

Roman Statesman

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Clever
Witty

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The public has more interest in the punishment of an injury than he who receives it.

- Cato the Elder

Roman Statesman

· Italy

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

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

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

Buy not what you want, but what you have need of; what you do not want is dear at a farthing.

I prefer to do right and get no thanks than to do wrong and receive no punishment.

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

If you are ruled by mind you are a king; if by body, a slave.

Cessation of work is not accompanied by cessation of expenses

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

The public has more interest in the punishment of an injury than he who receives it.

Organic farming is about buying out of a corrupt, illegal and dishonest system.

We need to make sure the Department of Agriculture is promoting farmers and ranchers.

Between too early and too late, there is never more than a moment.

Of all work-schools, a good farm is probably the best for motor development.

It is better to learn war early from friends, than late from enemies.

Unless people can become natural people, there can be neither natural farming nor natural food.

Farming is not just for growing crops, it is for the cultivation…o f human beings!

My favorite book of all time is Cold Comfort Farm, by Stella Gibbons.

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

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

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