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Plutarch, On Being A Busybody, 522d

nan But the man who has got rid of this disease and is gentle by nature will say, if he is ignorant of something unpleasant, Forgetfulness of evil, sovereign queen, How wise you are! We must, therefore, also habituate ourselves to things like these: when a letter is brought to us, not to open it quickly or in a hurry, as most people do, who go so far as to bite through the fastenings if their teeth are too slow; when a messenger arrives from somewhere or other, not to rush up, or even to rise to our feet; when a friend says, "Ihave something new to tell you," to say, "Ishould prefer that you had something useful or profitable." When Iwas once lecturing in Rome, that famous Rusticus

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domitian	Athanassaki and Titchener (2022) 70
freedom	Athanassaki and Titchener (2022) 70
helvidius priscus	Athanassaki and Titchener (2022) 70
imperial	Athanassaki and Titchener (2022) 70
italy	Athanassaki and Titchener (2022) 70
memory	Athanassaki and Titchener (2022) 70
nero	Athanassaki and Titchener (2022) 70
paetus,thrasea	Athanassaki and Titchener (2022) 70
rome,city	Athanassaki and Titchener (2022) 70
slave,slavery	Athanassaki and Titchener (2022) 70
society	Athanassaki and Titchener (2022) 70
spectacle	Athanassaki and Titchener (2022) 70
suetonius	Athanassaki and Titchener (2022) 70
theatre'	Athanassaki and Titchener (2022) 70
vespasian	Athanassaki and Titchener (2022) 70