Letters 70.25

See how even the lowest class of slave, when suffering goads him on, is aroused and discovers a way to deceive even the most watchful guards! He is truly great who not only has given himself the order to die, but has also found the means.

I have promised you, however, some more illustrations drawn from the same games.

Seneca, Letters to Lucilius 70.25, translated by Richard Mott Gummere