This is to assuage our conscience, darling," she would explain to Blanca. "But it doesn't help the poor.
- Isabel Allende
As he stood by the desolate fire, he felt that the only one thing which could assuage his grief would be thorough and complete retribution, brought by his own hand upon his enemies.
- Arthur Conan Doyle
I've never known any trouble than an hour's reading didn't assuage.