“Goodness is achieved not in a vacuum, but in the company of other men, attended by love.”
Saul Bellow book Dangling Man
Dangling Man (1944) [Penguin Classics, 1996, ISBN 0-140-18935-1], p. 84
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“I love good creditable acquaintance; I love to be the worst of the company.”
Journal to Stella (May 17, 1711)
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