Thy steady temper, Portius, Can look on guilt, rebellion, fraud, and C

More from Cato. Act i. Sc. 1.

• The dawn is overcast, the morning lowers, And heavily in clouds brings on the day, The great, the important day, big with the fate Of Cato and of Rome.
• A day, an hour, of virtuous liberty Is worth a whole eternity in bondage.
• A day, an hour, of virtuous liberty Is worth a whole eternity in bondage. Cato. Act ii. Sc. 1.
• And, pleased the Almighty's orders to perform, Rides in the whirlwind and directs the storm.
• And, pleased the Almighty's orders to perform, Rides in the whirlwind and directs the storm. The Campaign
• And those that paint them truest praise them most.