Solitude is dangerous to reason, without being favourable to virtue. R…

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Solitude is dangerous to reason, without being favourable to virtue. Remember that the solitary mortal is certainly luxurious, probably superstitious, and possibly mad. ✨ Anecdotes of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. during the last twenty years of his life.
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