Familiar Quotations / A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to / Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature

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Cato. Act i. Sc. 1.

'T is not in mortals to command success,

But we 'll do more, Sempronius,—we 'll deserve it.

Cato. Act i. Sc. 2.

Blesses his stars and thinks it luxury.

Cato. Act i. Sc. 4.

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'T 's pride, rank pride, and haughtiness of soul;

I think the Romans call it stoicism.

Cato. Act i. Sc. 4.