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Source: Translations, The Aeneid of Virgil (1866), Book VI, pp. 225–226
“Tis pride, rank pride, and haughtiness of soul:
I think the Romans call it Stoicism.”
— Joseph Addison, book Cato
Act I, scene iv.
Cato, A Tragedy (1713)
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