Be affable not arrogant in your relations with otherCarved Marble Relief depicting tragic and comic masks Roman 2nd century CE. Piece exhibited as part of "The Body Beautiful in Ancient Greece" exhibit assembled by The British Museum and photographed at the Portland Art Museum in Portland, Oregon.

Be affable in your relations with those who approach you, and never haughty. For the pride of the arrogant even slaves can hardly endure, whereas when men are affable all are glad to bear with their ways. Isocrates. To Demonicus. Chapter 1. Section 30.

Carved Marble Relief depicting tragic and comic masks Roman 2nd century CE. Piece exhibited as part of "The Body Beautiful in Ancient Greece" exhibit assembled by The British Museum and photographed at the Portland Art Museum in Portland, Oregon.