Follow the god.
Sequere deum.
Philosophers
Cato the Younger
Roman senator (95-46 BC) and the most uncompromising Stoic of the late Republic, remembered as the man who could not be bribed. He chose suicide at Utica over surrender to Julius Caesar, and his refusal to bend became a moral touchstone for Seneca, the American Founders, and the modern Stoicism revival.
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Cato the Younger's Other Quotes
Behold a spectacle worthy of God's attention as he contemplates his work; behold a contest worthy of God: a brave man matched against ill fortune.
Cato, while he lived, lived in such a way that he lacked nothing — so long as he was free to die.
The victorious cause pleased the gods, but the conquered cause pleased Cato.
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