Quote by Joseph Addison
To be exempt from the passions with which others are tormented, is

To be exempt from the passions with which others are tormented, is the only pleasing solitude. – Joseph Addison

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Men may change their climate, but they cannot change their nature. A man that goes out a fool cannot ride or sail himself into common sense. – Joseph Addison

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Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for. – Joseph Addison

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The higher we rise, the more isolated we become; all elevations are cold. – Boufflers

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The happiest of all lives is a busy solitude. – Voltaire

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There are days when solitude is a heady wine that intoxicates you with freedom, others when it is a bitter tonic, and still others when it is a poison that makes you beat your head against the wall. – Colette

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Life without a friend is death without a witness. – Proverb

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