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In solitude, where we are least alone.
In solitude, where we are least alone.
Sometimes you put walls up not to keep people out, but to see who cares enough to break them down.
Sometimes you put walls up not to keep people out, but to see who cares enough to break them down.
Thrice happy he, who by some shady grove,
Far from the clamorous world; doth live his own;
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Thrice happy he, who by some shady grove,
Far from the clamorous world; doth live his own;
Though solitary, who is not alone,
But doth converse with that eternal love.
Among them, but not of them.
Among them, but not of them.
We enter the world alone, we leave it alone.
We enter the world alone, we leave it alone.
That he was never less at leisure than when at leisure: nor that
he was ever less alone than read more
That he was never less at leisure than when at leisure: nor that
he was ever less alone than when alone.
[Lat., Nunquam se minus otiosum esse quam cum otiosus; nec minus
solum quam cum solus esset.]
I praise the Frenchman; his remark was shrewd,--
"How sweet, how passing sweet is solitude."
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I praise the Frenchman; his remark was shrewd,--
"How sweet, how passing sweet is solitude."
But grant me still a friend in my retreat,
Whom I may whisper--Solitude is sweet.
I was never less alone than when by myself.
I was never less alone than when by myself.
This is to be along; this, this is solitude!
This is to be along; this, this is solitude!