Source: The Bluest Eye
“When so many are lonely as seem to be lonely, it would be inexcusably selfish to be lonely alone.”
Tennessee Williams Camino Real
Don Quixote in Prologue
Variant: When so many are lonely as seem to be lonely, it would be inexcusably selfish to be lonely alone.
Source: Camino Real (1953)
“It is better to be alone than unwelcome. - Eve”
Mark Twain (1835–1910) American author and humorist
Source: The Diary of Adam and Eve
“Better alone than badly accompanied.”
Candace Bushnell book Sex and the City
Source: Sex and the City
“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.
“872. Better be alone than in bad Company.”
Thomas Fuller (writer) (1654–1734) British physician, preacher, and intellectual
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
“It is far better to be alone, than to be in bad company.”
George Washington (1732–1799) first President of the United States
Doris Lessing (1919–2013) British novelist, poet, playwright, librettist, biographer and short story writer
I, who ne'er<br>Went for myself a begging, go a borrowing,<br>And that for others. Borrowing's much the same<br>As begging; just as lending upon usury<br>Is much the same as thieving. <br class="br">Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, Nathan the Wise (1779), Act II, scene II http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/etext03/natws10.txt <br class="br">Misattributed
Eleanor Roosevelt (1884–1962) American politician, diplomat, and activist, and First Lady of the United States
Source: You Learn by Living: Eleven Keys for a More Fulfilling Life
