Cato the Elder disapproved of household abuse, also admired Socrates for living with his… difficult living situation?

>A man who beat his wife or child laid violent hands, he said, on what was most sacred; and a good husband he reckoned worthy of more praise than a great senator; and he admired the ancient [Socrates](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a4/Socrates_Louvre.jpg) for nothing so much as for having lived a temperate and contented life with a wife who was a scold, and children who were half-witted. __________________________ **Source:** Plutarch, John Dryden, and Arthur Hugh Clough. "Marcus Cato." *Plutarch's Lives*. New York: Modern Library, 2001. 473. Print. __________________________ **Further Reading:** [Σωκράτης (Socrates)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socrates) [Marcus Porcius Cato / Cato Major (Cato the Elder) / Cato Censorius (Cato the Censor) / Cato Sapiens (Cato the Wise) / Cato Priscus (Cato the Ancient)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cato_the_Elder)