Cato the Elder - Women Quotes

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

Cato the Elder

The overseer should be responsible for the duties of the housekeeper. If the master has given her to you for a wife, you should be satisfied with her, and she should respect you. Require that she be not given to wasteful habits; that she does not gossip with the neighbours and other women. She should not receive visitors either in the kitchen or in her own quarters. She should not go out to parties, nor should she gad about.

Cato the Elder