# We Can’t All Be Catos…But We Can Try ## Metadata - Author: [[Daily Stoic]] - Full Title: We Can’t All Be Catos…But We Can Try - Category: #source/articles ## Highlights - In Rome, they used to say, “We can’t all be Cato’s,” a statement about the almost superhuman principles that Cato the Younger seemed to live by. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01hydech4qdsprgrp5r5q97b9r)) - History gives us many examples of how showing up to do the right thing every day turns ordinary people into legendary heroes. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01hydegpppyan2rv5aa5a5w6nh))