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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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An ostentatious man will rather relate a blunder or an absurdity he has committed, than be debarred from talking of his own dear person. – Joseph Addison

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Animals, in their generation, are wiser than the sons of men but their wisdom is confined to a few particulars, and lies in a very narrow compass. – Joseph Addison

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Solitude never hurt anyone. Emily Dickinson lived alone, and she wrote some of the most beautiful poetry the world has ever known… then went crazy as a loon. – Matt Groening, The Simpsons, spoken by the character Lisa Simpson

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Man was formed for society and is neither capable of living alone, nor has the courage to do it. – William Blackstone

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The whole business of your life overwhelms you when you live alone. Ones stupefied by it. To get rid of it you try to daub some of it off on to people who come to see you, and they hate that. To be alone trains one for death. – Louis-Ferdinand Celine

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The reason old souls enjoy spending time alone is because they never really are. – Author Unknown

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