contempt of death, n.All

Contempt of death (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the one weapon helpful against every weapon and every foe — the skill each age should teach, as Parthians teach the bow.

Contempt of death (n.) was ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠reached even by those who thought pleasure good and pain evil — how much more by one who thinks only what is timely good.

Contempt of death (n.) meets ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the claim that contempt of life is hard with trifling proofs: lovers hang themselves at a mistress's door for less; surely virtue can do what lust and fear do.