The art of life is more like the wrestler's art than the dancer's, in respect of this, that it should stand ready and firm to meet onsets which are sudden and unexpected. Marcus Aurelius. Meditations. Book 7.
Image: Situla with a frieze including wrestlers, 75–100 CE, Gallo-Roman. Bronze, 5 1/2 in. diam. courtesy of The J. Paul Getty Museum, 96.AC.41
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