["Cato, whom nature had given incredible dignity, which he had fortifi… — Essays

Essays — Michel de Montaigne

["Cato, whom nature had given incredible dignity, which he had fortified by perpetual constancy, ever remaining of his predetermined opinion, preferred to die rather than to look on the countenance of a tyrant."--Cicero, De Ofc., i. 31.]

Place: CHAPTER XI · ¶2139
License: Public domain · Source
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