“It is better to be alone than in bad company.”
George Washington (1732–1799) first President of the United States
Letter to his niece, Harriet Washington (30 October 1791)
1790s
Variant: It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.
“Even the company of the mad was better than the company of the dead.”
— Stephen King, book The Stand
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