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He who is unable to live in society, or who has no need because he is sufficient for himself, must be either a beast or a god
Great men are like eagles, and build their nest on some lofty solitude
One can be instructed in society, one is inspired only in solitude
The worst solitude is to have no real friendships
Little do men perceive what solitude is, and how far it extendeth. For a crowd is not company, and faces are but a gallery of pictures, and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love
Sometimes I get so immersed in my own company, if I unexpectedly run into someone I know, it's a bit of a shock and takes me a while to adjust.
Never Let Me Go
As if the man had fixed his face,
In many a solitary place,
Against the wind and open sky!
In many a solitary place,
Against the wind and open sky!
Peter Bell
By all means sometimes be alone; salute thyself; see what thy soul doth wear; dare to look in thy chest; and tumble up and down what thou findest there.
All those who try to go it sole alone
Too proud to be beholden for relief,
Are absolutely sure to come to grief.
Too proud to be beholden for relief,
Are absolutely sure to come to grief.
Haec Fabula Docet, 1947
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