A quotation from Joseph Addison

MARCUS: Oh Portius, is there not some chosen curse,
   Some hidden thunder in the stores of heav’n
   Red with uncommon wrath to blast the man,
   Who owes his greatness to his country’s ruin?

Joseph Addison (1672-1719) English essayist, poet, statesman
Cato, Act 1, sc. 1, l. 20ff (1713)

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Addison, Joseph - Cato, Act 1, sc. 1, l. 20ff (1713) | WIST Quotations

MARCUS: Oh Portius, is there not some chosen curse, Some hidden thunder in the stores of heav'n Red with uncommon wrath to blast the man, Who owes his greatness to his country's ruin? Of Julius Caesar and his overthrow of the Roman Republic.

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