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But when Cato had endured this treatment for a long time without showing fright or fear, Pompaedius put him down, saying quietly to his friends:
‘What a piece of good fortune it is for Italy that he is a boy; for if he were a man, I do not think we could get a single vote among the people.’
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1 This incident must have happened, if at all, in 91 B.C. when Cato was four years old; but it need not be inferred that he had already formed an opinion on public affairs. The story is told also in Valerius Maximus, iii. 1, 2.
Plutarch. Plutarch's Lives. with an English Translation by. Bernadotte Perrin. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1919. 8.
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