Rubbing shoulders with the soot-stained

One cannot rub shoulders with a soot-stained man without sharing the soot oneself. Epictetus. The Golden Sayings. Number 99.

Model of workers creating figures for the tomb of Emperor Qin Shi Huang of China 3rd century BCE photographed at the "Terracotta Warriors of the First Emperor" exhibit at the Pacific Science Center in Seattle, Washington.