But what! a gladiator of Caesar's endured, laughing all the while, his wounds to be searched, lanced, and laid open: ["What ordinary gladiator ever groaned?
Which of them ever changed countenance?
Which of them not only stood or fell indecorously?
Which, when he had fallen and was commanded to receive the stroke of the sword, contracted his neck."-- Cicero, Tusc.Quaes., ii.

17.] Let us bring in the women too.

Who has not heard at Paris of her that caused her face to be flayed only for the fresher complexion of a new skin?
There are who have drawn good and sound teeth to make their voices more soft and sweet, or to place the other teeth in better order.

How many examples of the contempt of pain have we in that sex?
What can they not do, what do they fear to do, for never so little hope of an addition to their beauty?
"Vallere queis cura est albos a stirpe capillos, Et faciem, dempta pelle, referre novam." ["Who carefully pluck out their grey hairs by the roots, and renew their faces by peeling off the old skin."-- Tibullus, i.

8, 45.] I have seen some of them swallow sand, ashes, and do their utmost to destroy their stomachs to get pale complexions.