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So vain is the belief
That the sequestered path has fewest flowers.
So vain is the belief
That the sequestered path has fewest flowers.
'Tis solitude should teach us how to die;
It hath no flatterers; vanity can give
No hollow read more
'Tis solitude should teach us how to die;
It hath no flatterers; vanity can give
No hollow aid; alone--man with his God must strive.
In solitude, when we are least alone.
In solitude, when we are least alone.
Solitary trees, if they grow at all, grow strong.
Solitary trees, if they grow at all, grow strong.
Among them, but not of them.
Among them, but not of them.
This is to be along; this, this is solitude!
This is to be along; this, this is solitude!
Solitude would be ideal if you could pick the people to avoid.
Solitude would be ideal if you could pick the people to avoid.
That he was never less at leisure than when at leisure: nor that
he was ever less alone than read more
That he was never less at leisure than when at leisure: nor that
he was ever less alone than when alone.
[Lat., Nunquam se minus otiosum esse quam cum otiosus; nec minus
solum quam cum solus esset.]
We enter the world alone, we leave it alone.
We enter the world alone, we leave it alone.