Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—C

Cato

He is a Cato. A man of simple life, severe morals, self-denying habits, strict justice, brusque manners, blunt of speech, and of undoubted patriotism, like the Roman censor of that name.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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