The victorious cause pleased the gods, but the conquered cause pleased Cato.
Victrix causa diis placuit, sed victa Catoni.
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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