“Society is all but rude,
To this delicious solitude.”
Andrew Marvell (1621–1678) English metaphysical poet and politician
The Garden (1650-1652)
“Solitude sometimes is best society.”
— John Milton, book Paradise Lost
Source: Paradise Lost
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