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... Cato the elder was wont to say ; that the Romans were like sheep ; a man were better to drive a flock of them , than one of them . 127. When Lycurgus . was to reform and alter the state of Sparta ; in consultation one advised , that it ...
... Cato the elder was wont to say ; that the Romans were like sheep ; a man were better to drive a flock of them , than one of them . 127. When Lycurgus . was to reform and alter the state of Sparta ; in consultation one advised , that it ...
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... Cato the elder being aged , buried his wife , and married a young woman . His son came to him , and said ; sir , what have I offended , that you have brought a step - mother into your house ? The old man answered ; nay , quite contrary ...
... Cato the elder being aged , buried his wife , and married a young woman . His son came to him , and said ; sir , what have I offended , that you have brought a step - mother into your house ? The old man answered ; nay , quite contrary ...
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... Cato the elder , what time many of the Romans had statues erected in their honour , was asked by one in a kind of wonder , why he had none ? He answered , he had much rather men should ask and wonder why he had no statue , than why he ...
... Cato the elder , what time many of the Romans had statues erected in their honour , was asked by one in a kind of wonder , why he had none ? He answered , he had much rather men should ask and wonder why he had no statue , than why he ...
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