Pyrrhus of Epirus had a thick skin and a good sense of humor!

>Some thinking it fit that [Pyrrhus](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Pyrrhus_MAN_Napoli_Inv6150_n03.jpg) should banish a certain ill-tongued fellow in Ambracia, who had spoken very indecently of him, “Let him rather,” said he, “speak against us here to a few, than rambling about to a great many.” >And others who in their wine had made reflections upon him, being afterward questioned for it, and asked by him whether they had said such words, on one of the young fellows answering, “Yes, all that, king: and should have said more if we had had more wine,” he laughed and discharged them. _______________________ **Source:** Plutarch, John Dryden, and Arthur Hugh Clough. "Pyrrhus." *Plutarch's Lives*. New York: Modern Library, 2001. 524-25. Print. _______________________ **Further Reading:** [Πύρρος (Pyrrhus of Epirus)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyrrhus_of_Epirus) ___________________________ **If you enjoy this type of content, please consider donating to my [Patreon](https://www.patreon.com/HistoryLockeBox)!**