Quote#Solitude
A good man is never less alone than when alone, as Themistocles said
Quote byThomas Lodge · 1558–1625
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Devil Conjured (1596).
English (original)
A good man is never less alone than when alone, as Themistocles said.
— Thomas Lodge
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