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A man can be himself only so long as he is alone; and if he does not love solitude, he will not love freedom; for it is only when he is alone that he is really free.
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The young should early be trained to bear being left alone; for it is a source of happiness and peace of mind.
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Ordinary people are sociable and complaisant just from the very opposite feeling;--to bear others' company is easier for them than to bear their own.
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It is the monotony of his own nature that makes a man find solitude intolerable.
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Peace of mind is impossible without a considerable amount of solitude.
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the need of society drives the human porcupines together--only to be mutually repelled by the many prickly and disagreeable qualities of their nature
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Great minds are like eagles, and build their nest in some lofty solitude.
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There is nothing, absolutely nothing, that a man cannot forget,--but not himself, his own character.
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The prime reason for social intercourse is mutual need; and as soon as that is satisfied, boredom drives people together once more.