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  1. A quotation from Montaigne

    And certainly a wise man never loses anything if he has himself.
     
    [Certes l’homme d’entendement n’a rien perdu, s’il a soy-mesme.]

    Michel de Montaigne (1533–1592) French essayist
    Essays, Book 1, ch. 38 (1.38)), “Of Solitude [De la solitude]” (1572) [tr. Cotton/Hazlitt (1877)]

    More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/montaigne-michel-de/…

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  2. A quotation from Robert Louis Stevenson

    Solitude is the climax of the negative virtues. When we go to bed after a solitary day we can tell ourselves that we have not been unkind nor dishonest nor untruthful; and the negative virtues are agreeable to that dangerous faculty we call the conscience. That they should ever be admitted for a part of virtue is what I cannot explain. I do not care two straws for all the nots.

    Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–1894) Scottish essayist, novelist, poet
    Essay (1880-01/02?), “Reflections and Remarks on Human Life,” § 4.6 “Solitude and Society”

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