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.

More from Cato. Act i. Sc. 1.

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