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This is to be along; this, this is solitude!
This is to be along; this, this is solitude!
I was never less alone than when by myself.
I was never less alone than when by myself.
I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something; and read more
I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something; and because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do something that I can do.
Nobody with me at sea but myself.
Nobody with me at sea but myself.
 Alone, alone, all, all alone,
 Alone on a wide, wide sea.  
 Alone, alone, all, all alone,
 Alone on a wide, wide sea. 
There is a society in the deepest solitude.
There is a society in the deepest solitude.
 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 lived in solitude in the country and noticed how the monotony of a quiet life stimulates the creative mind
I lived in solitude in the country and noticed how the monotony of a quiet life stimulates the creative mind
 Whoever gives himself up to solitude,
 Ah! he is soon alone.
  [Ger., Wer sich der Einsamkeit ergiebt,
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 Whoever gives himself up to solitude,
 Ah! he is soon alone.
  [Ger., Wer sich der Einsamkeit ergiebt,
   Ach! der ist bald allein.]