"Victrix causa deis placuit, sed vieta Catoni."
— Cato the Younger

January 1, 1970

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The victorious cause pleased the gods, but the conquered one Cato. — Lucan, Pharsalia, I, 128 — This line is associated with the and inscribed on the base of the Confederate Memorial at Arlington National Cemetery. — Cabell Smith, "Inscriptions on Arlington Confederate Monument", Confederate Veteran, vol. 20 (1920), p. 124