An idea from Discourses and Enchiridion

Vespasian orders a senator to stay out of the Senate, then to keep quiet in it, then threatens to kill him if he speaks. The senator keeps both his seat and his voice. His answer: “it is your part to kill; it is mine to die, but not in fear”.

From Discourses and Enchiridion by Epictetus

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