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Quotation from Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans by Plutarch
“I would," said he, "much rather be asked, why I have not one, than why I have one”
Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans, Life of Marcus Cato, trans. John Dryden et al., rev. A. H. Clough (1864)
Cato the Elder, when others wondered that he had no statue though many ordinary men had one.
Citation: "I would," said he, "much rather be asked, why I have not one, than why I have one" — Plutarch, Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans, Life of Marcus Cato, trans. John Dryden et al., rev. A. H. Clough (1864). (id plutarch-lives-q4)
