De Catone
DE CATONE.
Invictus victis in partibus omnia Caesar
Vincere qui potuit, te, Cato, non potuit.
OF CATO.
The world orecome, victorious Caesar, he
That conquer'd all, great Cato, could not thee.
poem by Richard Lovelace
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Ictu non potuit primo Cato solvere vitam;
Defecit tanto vulnere victa manus:
Altius inseruit digitos, qua spiritus ingens
Exiret, magnum dextera fecit iter.
Opposuit fortuna moram, involvitque, Catonis
Scires ut ferro plus valuisse manum.
ANOTHER.
One stabbe could not fierce Cato's life unty;
Onely his hand of all that wound did dy.
Deeper his fingers tear to make a way
Open, through which his mighty soul might stray.
Fortune made this delay to let us know,
That Cato's hand more then his sword could do.
poem by Richard Lovelace
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Ocean: An Ode. Concluding with A Wish.
What do we see! Cato then become
A greater name in Britain than in Rome?
Does mankind now admire his virtues more,
Though Lucan, Horace, Virgil, wrote before?
How will posterity this truth explain?
"Cato begins to live in Anna's reign."
The world's great chiefs, in council or in arms,
Rise in your lines with more exalted charms;
Illustrious deeds in distant nations wrought,
And virtues by departed heroes taught,
Raise in your soul a pure immortal flame,
Adorn your life, and consecrate your fame;
To your renown all ages you subdue,
And Caesar fought, and Cato bled for you.
poem by Edward Young
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Great Caesar! Condescend
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Great Caesar! Condescend
The Daisy, to receive,
Gathered by Cato's Daughter,
With your majestic leave!
poem by Emily Dickinson
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Gods And Rabble Rousers
The victories that seem to please the gods
have problems when they seem to come to odds
with moral standards of a higher level
than that espoused by gods who give the devil
his due in certain battles. Victrix causa’s
to gods more pleasing than to rabble rousers.
In Lucan’s epic poem Pharsalia, describing the defeat of Pompey by Caesar at Pharsalus, and inspiring, it seems to me, the libretto for Handel’s Giulio Cesare, Pompey becomes a kind of secular martyr; calm in the face of certain death upon arrival in Egypt, receiving virtual canonization from Lucan at the start of book IX. This elevation of Stoic and Republican principles is in sharp contrast to the ambitious and imperial Caesar, who becomes an even greater monster after the decisive battle. Even though Caesar wins in the end, Lucan makes his sentiments known in the famous line Victrix causa deis placuit sed Victa Catoni - 'The victor's cause pleased the gods, but the vanquished pleased Cato.' This line has been a favorite for supporters of lost causes over the centuries. One American example comes from the Confederate Memorial at Arlington National Cemetry, which has these words inscribed on its base.
2/4/09
poem by Gershon Hepner
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I would much rather have men ask why I have no statue, than why I have one.
quote by Cato the Elder
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After I'm dead I'd rather have people ask why I have no monument than why I have one.
I would much rather have men ask why I have no statue than why I have one.
quote by Marcus Porcius Cato
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Lighter is the wound foreseen.
quote by Cato the Elder
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Patience is the greatest of all virtues.
quote by Cato the Elder
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Old age has deformities enough of its own, it should never add to them the deformity of vice.
quote by Cato the Elder
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Even though work stops, expenses run on.
Cato the Elder in On Agriculture
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Tis sometimes the height of wisdom to feign stupidity.
quote by Cato the Elder
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If the victor had the gods on his side, the vanquished had Cato.
Grasp the subject, the words will follow.
quote by Cato the Elder
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An orator is a good man who is skilled in speaking.
quote by Cato the Elder
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Caesar: Et tu, Brute? — Then fall, Caesar!
line from The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, Act III, Scene 1, script by William Shakespeare (1599)
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If you are ruled by mind you are a king; if by body, a slave.
quote by Cato the Elder
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From lightest words sometimes the direst quarrel springs.
quote by Cato the Elder
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Anger so clouds the mind, that it cannot perceive the truth.
quote by Cato the Elder
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