Cato
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- "Libros lege. Read books.", Cato, Monostichs.
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"Distich" means closed couplets, a style of writing with two-liners. It is a collection of moral advice, each consisting of two hexameters, in four books. Cato is not particularly Christian in character, but it is monotheistic.
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“When the rose reigns, and locks with ointments shine,
Let rigid Cato read these lines of mine.”
—Robert Herrick (1591–1674)
“I would much rather have men ask why I have no statue than why I have one.”
—Marcus Porcius Cato The Elder (234–149 B.C.)