Content thyself to be obscurely good. When vice prevails, and impious …

Joseph Addison
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Content thyself to be obscurely good. When vice prevails, and impious men bear sway, the post of honoris a private station. ✨ 'Cato' (1713) act 4, sc. 1, l. 319
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Content thyself to be obscurely good. When vice prevails, and impious men bear sway, the post of honoris a private station. ✨ 'Cato' (1713) act 4, sc. 1, l. 319

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