It is not fit that I should give myself pain, for I have never intentionally given pain even to another. Marcus Aurelius. Meditations. Book 8.
Note: Either the translation is not quite correct - perhaps "for" should be "if" - or the Germanic tribes would find this quote ludicrous.
Image: Ajax falling on his sword, from Etruria, 475-450 BCE, alternating layers of onyx and agate. Courtesy of https://delartenbranches.blogspot.com/2010/03/intailles-et-camees.html
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