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greatest fomenter of envy; from which Aristides was wholly exempt;
Cato very subject to it。 Aristides assisted Themistocles in matters of
highest importance; and; as his subordinate officer; in a manner
raised Athens: Cato; by opposing Scipio; almost broke and defeated his
expedition against the Carthaginians; in which he overthrew
Hannibal; who till then was even invincible; and; at last; by
continually raising suspicions and calumnies against him; he chased
him from the city; and inflicted a disgraceful sentence on his brother
for robbing the state。
  Finally; that temperance which Cato always highly cried up;
Aristides preserved truly pure and untainted。 But Cato's marriage;
unbecoming his dignity and age; is a considerable disparagement; in
this respect; to his character。 For it was not decent for him at
that age to bring home to his son and his wife a young woman; the
daughter of a common paid clerk in the public service: but whether
it were for his own gratification or out of anger at his son; both the
fact and the pretence were unworthy。 For the reason he pretended to
his son was false: for if he desired to get more as worthy children;
he ought to have married a well…born wife; not to have contented
himself; so long as it was unnoticed; with a woman to whom he was
not married; and; when it was discovered; he ought not to have
chosen such a father…in…law as was easiest to be got; instead of one
whose affinity might be honourable to him。




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