"After I'm dead I'd rather have people ask why I have no monument than why I have one."
--Cato the Elder, Roman orator & politician (234 BC - 149 BC)
This is a great quote! In ancient times like these there were so many powerful, but wicked people getting honored with monuments. Cato points out that greatness didn't come by placing monuments of yourself everywhere, rather the monuments came from your greatness.
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