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Quote by Robert Cecil
Solitude shows us what should be; society shows us what we are. -

Solitude shows us what should be; society shows us what we are. – Robert Cecil

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Faith makes all evil good to us, and all good better unbelief makes all good evil, and all evil worse. Faith laughs at the shaking of the spear unbelief trembles at the shaking of a leaf. – Robert Cecil

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

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In solitude, where we are least alone. – George Gordon, Lord Byron, Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage

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

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