"Since every man dies, it is better to die with distinction than to live long." - Musonius Rufus
"Since every man dies, it is better to die with distinction than to live long." - Musonius Rufus
"Anger and the sorrow it produces are more harmful than the things that make us angry." - Marcus Aurelius
"He who intends to introduce a new law, should do it with a rope about his neck, in order that he might be immediately strangled, unless he could change the ancient constitution of the polity, to the very great advantage of his community." - Hierocles