You see how few things you have to do to live a satisfying and reverent life? If you can manage this, that's all even the gods can ask of you. Book II
The healthy man does not torture others -- generally it is the tortured who turn into torturers. Return to the Simple Life
It is a rare life that remains orderly even in private. Essays
The instinct for self-deception in human beings makes them try to banish from their minds dangers of which at bottom they are perfectly aware by declaring them non-existent. Beware of Pity
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