The Wise and Ingenious Companion, French and English; / or, A Collection of the Wit of the Illustrious Persons, Both Ancient and Modern

by Abel Boyer

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Cato the Elder, reflecting upon the eager desire of several Romans, of indifferent Merit, of having Statues erected to them: I had much rather, said he, that People should ask why no Statues were raised to Cato, than that they should ask why they have been raised to him.

139

Caton l’ainé, considerant l’empressement de plusieurs Romains, de peu de merite, à se faire ériger des Statuës; J’aime bien mieux, disoit-il, qu’on demande pourquoi on n’a pas élevé des Statuës à Caton, que si on demandoit pourquoi on lui en a dressé.