says one.

"Et invictum, devicta morte, Catonem,"

["And Cato invincible, death being overcome."
--Manilius, Astron., iv. 87.]

says the second. And the third, speaking of the civil wars betwixt
Caesar and Pompey,

"Victrix causa diis placuit, set victa Catoni."

["The victorious cause blessed the gods, the defeated one Cato.
--"Lucan, i. 128.]

And the fourth, upon the praises of Caesar:

"Et cuncta terrarum subacta,
Praeter atrocem animum Catonis."

["And conquered all but the indomitable mind of Cato."
--Horace, Od., ii. 1, 23.]

And the master of the choir, after having set forth all the great names
of the greatest Romans, ends thus:

"His dantem jura Catonem."

["Cato giving laws to all the rest."--AEneid, viii. 670.]