'Tis not in mortals to command success,
But we'll do more, Sempronius; we'll deserve it.
Quotes from Cato, A Tragedy — Joseph Addison
1672–1719 England
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A day, an hour, of virtuous liberty
Is worth a whole eternity in bondage.
Cato, A Tragedy (1713)
Nature does nothing without purpose or uselessly.
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Cato, A Tragedy (1713)
From hence, let fierce contending nations know,
What dire effects from civil discord flow.
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'Tis pride, rank pride, and haughtiness of soul:
I think the Romans call it Stoicism.
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The soul, secured in her existence, smiles
At the drawn dagger, and defies its point.
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Cato, A Tragedy (1713)
Young men soon give and soon forget affronts;
Old age is slow in both.
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Talk not of love: thou never knew'st its force.
Cato, A Tragedy (1713)
Perhaps some arm, more lucky than the rest,
May reach his heart, and free the world from bondage.
Cato, A Tragedy (1713)
Beauty soon grows familiar to the lover,
Fades in his eye, and palls upon the sense.
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Why wilt thou add to all the griefs I suffer
Imaginary ills, and fancy'd tortures?
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Cato, A Tragedy (1713)
Better to die ten thousand deaths,
Than wound my honour.
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Sweet are the slumbers of the virtuous man.
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'Tis heaven itself, that points out an hereafter,
And intimates eternity to man.
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Attribution
Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Joseph Addison (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.