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

So vain is the belief
That the sequestered path has fewest flowers.

So vain is the belief
That the sequestered path has fewest flowers.

We enter the world alone, we leave it alone.

We enter the world alone, we leave it alone.

I was never less alone than when by myself.

I was never less alone than when by myself.

Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife.

Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife.

But 'midst the crowd, the hum, the shock of men,
To hear, to see, to feel, and to possess,
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But 'midst the crowd, the hum, the shock of men,
To hear, to see, to feel, and to possess,
And roam along, the world's tired denizen,
With none who bless us, none whom we can bless.

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.

There is a society in the deepest solitude.

There is a society in the deepest solitude.