“Solitude gives an I. I that gives solitude. It is in our thoughts, and the one the world gives, in our feelings. Because solitude grows accustomed to seeing, to contemplating; and the world, to acting for itself.”
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French moralist and essayist 1754–1824Related quotes
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the sound of the wind.”
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