In doubtful perils mark him as he is amid adversities, for then alone are the true voices conjured from his breast, the mask off-stripped, reality behind. Lucretius. On the nature of things. Book 3.
Image: A Pinax, a bas relief of tragic theater masks from Pompeii Roman 1st century CE photographed at "Pompeii: The Exhibit" at the Pacific Science Center in Seattle, Washington.
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