A: I think pain the greatest of all evils.
M: Greater than disgrace?
A: That indeed I dare not affirm; and yet I am ashamed to be so soon thrown down from my position.
M: It would have been a greater shame to have maintained it. (Cicero)

A: I think pain the greatest of all evils. M: Greater than disgrace? A: That indeed I dare not affirm; and yet I am ashamed to be so soon thrown down from my position. M: It would have been a greater shame to have maintained it.

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