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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… - 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.
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About Cato the Elder
Marcus Porcius Cato (234 BC – 149 BC), Roman statesman, often called "The Censor," Sapiens, Priscus, or Major (the Elder), to distinguish him from Cato the Younger (his great-grandson).
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Marcus Porcius Cato
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Marcus Porcius Cato Maior
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Marcus Porcius Cato Major
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Marcus Porcius Catus
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Marcus Porcius Cato Sapiens
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Cato Censor
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Cato Sapiens
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Cato Major
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Marcus Portius Cato
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