Can anyone love either the man whom he fears, or the man by whom he believes himself to be feared? M. Tullius Cicero. De Amictia. Laelius on Friendship. Section 53.
Image: A marble bust of a youthful Caracalla, 211-217 CE at the Capitoline Museums in Rome. Image courtesy of Mark Cartwright, CC BY-NC-SA.
Note: I found this image of Caracalla much less scornful than the typical busts you see of this emperor.
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