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Quotes
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[after the defeat at Thapsus]
Scipio : We should go.
Porcius Cato : Where?
Scipio : Utica's not far.
Porcius Cato : Utica? What's there for us?
Scipio : Food, shelter.
Porcius Cato : I need neither.
Scipio : Sleep, then.
Porcius Cato : Sleep would be pleasant.
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[to Scipio, after being defeated by Caesar at Thapsus, while watching a wounded war elephant die]
Porcius Cato : [distantly] They sleep standing up, you know. Elephants. On account once laid down, they... cannot rise again.
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Scipio : Cheer up. We live.
Porcius Cato : We do, we live.
Scipio : And where there's life, there's hope.
Porcius Cato : I'm afraid if we've done anything, my old friend, we've disproved that proverb.
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Porcius Cato : Scipio, you have a tolerant spirit. I suggest that, if you can, you should try and make your peace with Caesar.
Scipio : I shall do whatever you do.
Porcius Cato : [chuckles] Oh, I wouldn't do that.
[Cato commits suicide later that evening]
