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Abraham Cowley

Solitude can be used well by very few people. They who do must have a knowledge of the world to see the foolishness of it, and enough virtue to despise all the vanity.

Abraham Cowley

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Only a small number of people can make good use of being alone because it requires understanding how foolish the world often is. Those who succeed in solitude must also have strong moral character to reject the meaningless pride and showiness found in society.

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