Be able to be alone. Lose not the advantage of solitude. ✨ Sir Thomas …

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Be able to be alone. Lose not the advantage of solitude. ✨ Sir Thomas Browne (1844). Religio Medici [and] Its Sequel Christian Morals, p.176
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