Marcus Porcius Cato (son of Cato The Younger)

Famous quotes containing the words marcus, porcius and/or cato:

“We fight our way through the massed and leveled collective safe taste of the Top 40, just looking for a little something we can call our own. But when we find it and jam the radio to hear it again it isn’t just ours—it is a link to thousands of others who are sharing it with us. As a matter of a single song this might mean very little; as culture, as a way of life, you can’t beat it.”
—Greil Marcus (b. 1945)

“Carthage must be destroyed.
[Delenda est Carthago.]”
—Marcus Porcius Cato The Elder (234–149 B.C.)

“When the rose reigns, and locks with ointments shine,
Let rigid Cato read these lines of mine.”
—Robert Herrick (1591–1674)