Compare the following bits of C. Gracchus and Cato

Gaius Sempronius Gracchus, as quoted by Aulus Gellius in Noctes Atticae

First, take 5 to look up C. Gracchus on Wikipedia if you don't know who he is.

Gel. N.A. 10.3.3    
nuper Teanum Sidicinum consul venit. uxor eius     48.1
dixit se in balneis virilibus lavari velle. quaestori Sidi-    
cino M. Mario datum est negotium uti balneis exigerentur    
qui lavabantur. uxor renuntiat viro parum cito sibi    
balneas traditas esse et parum lautas fuisse. idcirco     5
palus destitutus est in foro eoque adductus suae civitatis    
nobilissimus homo M. Marius. vestimenta detracta sunt,    
virgis caesus est. Caleni, ubi id audierunt, edixerunt ne    
quis in balneis lavisse vellet cum magistratus Romanus    
ibi esset. Ferentini ob eandem causam praetor noster     10
quaestores abripi iussit: alter se de muro deiecit, alter    
prensus et virgis caesus est.    
Gel. N.A. 10.3.5    
quanta libido quantaque intemperantia sit hominum     49.1
adulescentium, unum exemplum vobis ostendam. his    
annis paucis ex Asia missus est, qui per id tempus magi-    
stratum non ceperat, homo adulescens pro legato. is in    
lectica ferebatur. ei obviam bubulcus de plebe Venusina     5
advenit et per iocum, cum ignoraret qui ferretur, rogavit    
num mortuum ferrent. ubi id audivit, lecticam iussit    
deponi, struppis, quibus lectica deligata erat, usque adeo    
verberari iussit, dum animam efflavit.

COMPARE THAT WITH another fragment of Cato the Elder, again as quoted by Aulus Gellius in Noctes Atticae

ORATIONES IN Q. MINUCIUM THERMUM    
IN Q. MINUCIUM THERMUM DE FALSIS PUGNIS    
Gel. N.A. 10.3.17    
dixit a decemviris parum bene sibi cibaria curat     58.1
esse. iussit vestimenta detrahi atque flagro caedi. de-    
cemviros Bruttiani verberavere, videre multi mortales.    
quis hanc contumeliam, quis hoc imperium, quis hanc    
servitutem ferre potest? nemo hoc rex ausus est facere:     5
eane fieri bonis, bono genere gnatis, boni consultis? ubi    
societas? ubi fides maiorum? insignitas iniurias, plagas,    
verbera, vibices, eos dolores atque carnificinas per de-    
decus atque maximam contumeliam, inspectantibus po-    
pularibus suis atque multis mortalibus, te facere ausum     10
esse? set quantum luctum, quantum gemitum, quid la-    
crimarum, quantum fletum factum audivi! servi iniurias    
nimis aegre ferunt: quid illos, bono genere gnatos, magna    
virtute praeditos, opinamini animi habuisse atque habi-    
turos, dum vivent?

FYI, a couple of opinions about Cato and/or Gracchus:

Catoni seni comparatus C. Gracchus plenior et uberior; sic Graccho politior et ornatior Crassus; sic utroque distinctior et urbanior etaltior Cicero.
Tacitus Dialogue 18

And of much more recent vintage: "The style (of Cato) is clear and forcible, it is therefore luminous: but harmony, and therefore beauty, it has none. The sentences follow the thoughts, without any idea of rhythm to modify them ... there are but few connecting particles, those employed being of the simplest kind, such as relatives, conditionals, or adversatives. Verbs are constantly places in the same position at the end of the sentence, without any attempt to vary the sound ... The order of the words is sometimes entirely without art .... the same idea is reiterated by the use of words almost synonymous... words are repeated for emphasis and distinctness, to the destruction of true rhetorical effect ... "
The Historical Development of Latin Prose by Nettleship and Haverfield
If you have time, go ahead and read Nettleship and Haverfield's essay starting on P.93 of this book at google books: https://www.google.com/books/edition/Lectures_and_Essays/E7pLAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=nettleship+haverfield+latin+prose&pg=PR5&printsec=frontcover
Should the link not work, go to google books and enter "Nettleship Haverfield Latin Prose" and go to

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