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    I praise the Frenchman; his remark was shrewd,--
    "How sweet, how passing sweet is solitude."
    But grant me still a friend in my retreat,
    Whom I may whisper--Solitude is sweet.

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I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something; and read more

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Solitude is the nurse of enthusiasm, and enthusiasm is the true
parent of genius. In all ages solitude has been called for--has
been flown to.

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There is a society in the deepest solitude.

There is a society in the deepest solitude.

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Solitude would be ideal if you could pick the people to avoid.

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Among them, but not of them.

Among them, but not of them.

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I hold this to be the highest task for a bond between two people: that each protects the solitude of read more

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We enter the world alone, we leave it alone.

We enter the world alone, we leave it alone.

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'Tis solitude should teach us how to die;
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'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.

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