Quote by Eric Hoffer
With some people solitariness is an escape not from others but fro

With some people solitariness is an escape not from others but from themselves. For they see in the eyes of others only a reflection of themselves. – Eric Hoffer

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When cowardice is made respectable, its followers are without number both from among the weak and the strong; it easily becomes a fashion. – Eric Hoffer

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When we lose our individual independence in the corporateness of a mass movement, we find a new freedom — freedom to hate, bully, lie, torture, murder and betray without shame and remorse. – Eric Hoffer

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

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True solitude is a din of birdsong, seething leaves, whirling colors, or a clamor of tracks in the snow. – Edward Hoagland

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

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