Essay · c. 170

Men seek retreats for themselves, houses in the country, sea-shores, and mountains. But this is altogether a mark of the most common sort of men, for it is in thy power whenever thou shalt choose to retire into thyself.
Marcus AureliusMeditations · 4.3 · c. 170

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