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“Very well, then,” you retort, “do you regard the philosophy of Marcus Cato as moderate? Cato’s voice strove to check a civil war. Cato parted the swords of maddened chieftains. When some fell foul of Pompey and others fell foul of Caesar, Cato defied both parties at once!”
Seneca·Letter 14 — On the Reasons for Withdrawing from the World (§12)·trans. Gummere