Now a life of honour includes various kinds of conduct; it may include the chest in which Regulus was confined, or the wound of Cato which was torn open by Cato’s own hand, or the exile of Rutilius, or the cup of poison which removed Socrates from gaol to heaven.
Seneca, Moral Letters to Lucilius, Letter LXVII: On Ill-Health and Endurance of Suffering
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