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Quote by Laurence Sterne
In solitude the mind gains strength and learns to lean upon itself

In solitude the mind gains strength and learns to lean upon itself. – Laurence Sterne

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I once asked a hermit in Italy how he could venture to live alone, in a single cottage, on the top of a mountain, a mile from any habitation? He replied, that Providence was his next-door neighbor. – Laurence Sterne

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alone
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So long as a man rides his Hobby-Horse peaceably and quietly along the Kings highway, and neither compels you or me to get up behind him — pray, Sir, what have either you or I to do with it? – Laurence Sterne

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Eccentric, Eccentricity
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The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places. – Ernest Hemingway

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Death used to announce itself in the thick of life but now people drag on so long it sometimes seems that we are reaching the stage when we may have to announce ourselves to death. It is as though one needs a special strength to die, and not a final weakness. – Ronald Blythe

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We managed to hang in there. Today when people get married theres a tendency to run away when things get tough. There is a lot of strength in hanging together. – Jerry Stiller

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Id like to be a wounded leading man. Instead of a pillar of strength, Id be the scared one. – Jamie Kennedy

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