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Cato said ‘he had rather people should inquire why he had not a statue erected to his memory, than why he had.’
Cato said ‘he had rather people should inquire why he had not a statue erected to his memory, than why he had.’
Approximate author period: c. 83 AD · classical
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- Plutarch
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- Approximate author period: c. 83 AD · classical
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- My Commonplace Book (third English edition,1921) (1921 AD)
Page 175 · printed citation: Plutarch (Political Precepts). · compiler notes excluded
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